1944 p multi error coin just found!

OK GUYS, TELL ME ALL ABOUT THIS PUPPY! IT HAS SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, THE MORE YOU STARE AT IT THE MORE YOU SEE! IM A LONG TIME COLLECTOR BUT DEF. A NOVICE. MY EYE FOR DETAIL CAUGHT A FEW ERRORS LATELY AND NOW IM HOOKED! PULLING OUT ALL THE OLD COINS, CHECK OUT THE POSSIBLE 1888 ERROR POST AS WELL.
i DON'T KNOW JACK SQUAT ABOUT ERRORS / TYPES AND VALUES SO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED!

 

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Made me sit up and notice!
I'm waiting to hear from the pros.

 

I can't tell for sure from the photos but this coin looks like it may have been double or triple struck while still in the collar with a slight rotation between strikes.

 

Yea, the way in which the letters and date on the portrait side are partially obliterated is commonly seen on multiple strike or overstrike coins.

 

Look'n Good!

How did you come by it?

 

I agree double struck in the collar. Nice find!!!

 

I don't see anything that suggests this coin was double struck. All I see is damage and die deterioration.

 

I would study this coin then Cash. It's a 100% genuine double struck coin. Struck once normally and then rotated a degree or two then struck again.

 

I purchased 500 really old rolls. they were all fragile and stringy, real old wraps. I couldn't bring myself to open them until recently. I've found an amazing selection of coins so far, even some old fakes! 1- 1944 steel cent *was obviously a fake* and a 1914 D fake, it didn't slide past me though! still it was kinda neat to find a fake that was listed in the redbook plus the person who made it is probably long dead making it history i guess...

too many neat things to write about right now, I have millions of questions about my finds, i will be posting soon.

 

Seriously?:kewl:

 

my initial thoughts were that the die was damaged, parts of the letters/numbers are stamped perfectly and the other is not smashed down, it is raised slightly, just missing metal.

I just don't have the knowledge to C.S.I. this error!

 

It's as plain as the nose on your face.......err I mean Abes nose. That and on the field by the back of his jacket you can see remnants of the first strike.

 

Guys this is great!! My first day on this forum, glad I joined!

 

Welcome!
And congratulations!

 

Are you guys trolling me? Double struck coins don't have half of the letters sheared off. Can you post another pic please? Thanks.

 

Nope. Check out the reverse of this half cent. You should see some simalarities.

http://www.cointalk.com/t195351/

 

So, if this was struck twice, is it considered an error or machine damage? I'm still not 100% clear on the distinction that lets machine doubling get classified as damage rather than an error.

 

This effect happens when part of the first strike's details are overlapped by a flat field on the die in the second strike. The same is observable on coins struck over another coin, as well as countermarks. It's actually a good diagnostic when looking at any of these.

 

Nice find! Thanks for posting it!