The doubling on your coin is not a doubled die. It’s common and caused by a worn die. The only value it has is on the coin, twenty five cents. Welcome to CT.
No need to be sorry, part of the understanding of variety coins is to also understand the minting process. During the minting process there are many ways a coin can be doubled. Most of them are what is called worthless doubling. Chek out this site and read up, bookmark it, and use it as a reference. http://doubleddie.com/1801.html http://doubleddie.com/144801.html PS welcome to CT.
Yes sometimes it gets to be a bit much...esspecially when they dont care for the answer they recieve. But there's no dumb questions only dumb people who are afraid to ask a question to begin with...knowledge is power... never let someone elses ignorance stop you from learning.
Not at all. You’re new and we look the other way. We get upset when you’re new and argue with us. Lol
We’re here because we like to help and educate people. Stay with us, don’t be afraid to ask questions and you’ll learn a lot about coins.
Thanks for the links, will make sure to dig through the whole thing little by little. To put this into perspective I have been doing this for about a week. I have gone through some of the resources from the forum on my spare time but there is just so much information considering there are different types error/varieties depending on the coin. But I digress, while in some cases it is easy to identify machine doubling I still have no clue. I have seen examples that I would identify as machine doubling, but are referred to as double die. I assume its going to take some experience. Could not have said it better myself. Thank you I really value everyone's time because I know time and knowledge are money, so all your comments are much appreciated. Sorry for the late response had not had a chance to properly sit down, im still around!!
@ Pongo just know that you're more than welcome to pm me...if I can help you I'll be more than happy to assist. Just know last check I am human and subject to error, yet smart enough to try and correct. But I do enjoy teaching as well as learning... one is never to old or young to learn.
What's even better how about we all just answer the questions here, this forum was built for discussion.