I was going through some old coins looking for error coins and came a across a 1928-D wheat penny. On the reverse the last A of america looked like it was doubled. The doubling is North East of the A. I looked for about an hour on the rest of the reverse for more signs of doubling and I couldn't find anything. All of the local coin shops either didn't deal with error coins or didn't see anything in cherrypicker's and weren't interested. The doubling is hard to see without aid because it is rather flat but I'm One-million percent sure its there. I can't get a good picture of it at all so i drew a picture. Hopefully it can help a little.
Yeah it was the best that I could do. In the pictures I took you couldn't even tell that it was a penny
Stan- Check out this link: (particularly the last one of the 1953 Lincoln) http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm
yeah that is almost exactly what it looks like. I didn't know there was such a thing die deterioration doubling. Thank you for the information. What would the value of this be. I graded it about a G-4 to a G-6
You're welcome. Keep searching and you'll find a true doubled die soon. Honestly, the value is not much more than face value as die deterioration doubling is common on Lincoln Cents and 1953 is a common date. Probably the most famous is the 1955 "Poor man's double die" Cent. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/FAQ/Poormansdoubleddie.html
hopefully I will. Also is it possible to buy bags of circulated pennies from the mint/bank? I know that it depends on the bank that you go to but I didn't know if bags were restrictive to quarters and higher denominations.
Sure. Just go and request however many rolls of pennies you like. Nice to see another person interested in varieties. Take a look around this website for helping you identify any finds you might come across with doubled dies and RPMs. www.coppercoins.com
thank you for all of your help. All the information will be very helpful plus I learned something new.
