Coin World reports another new Mercury Dime Variety was found - 1926 DDO! http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/08/anacs-confirms-1926-doubled-die-dime.html CONECA attributed it, and has pics here: http://varietyvista.com/Mercury Dime Files/1926PDDO001.htm EDIT: Seems there is a new 28-D and 43 one as well in the e-book. http://varietyvista.com/Mercury Dime Files/index.htm The best Pick Up Points seem to be the R in Liberty and the back of the Wing.
Man, they're getting crazier with these every day. I feel like I'm in my high school botany class looking at cell divisions. When I need a microscope to enjoy this hobby, that's when I throw in the towel.
After all of the missed errors are discovered then I'll go through my Mercs. I know what to look for then.
The article is really eye opening in that ANACS found the DDO and had it attributed and labeled as such even though the submitter had no idea. Had this coin gone to PCGS, it would reside in a Genuine PCGS Slab labeled as a generic 1926. This difference is HUGE IMO since the one grading company is actually furthering numismatics while the other appears to be just taking your money. Just one man's opinion.
Well shoot, that's considered a "new" discovery? I've had one of those sitting in my collection for the past 15 years. The only thing that kept me from throwing it in a junk lot was the slight doubling seemed interesting. Mines a 1926-D though.....maybe I should make a thread for it? Took some pictures of the coin in question yesterday, what do you fine folks think? Machine doubling, or?
Just curious, how can anyone determine if a single coin is a new doubled die? How do they know it isn't just machine doubling? I know it's pretty easy to see if you have a doubled die if you can compare it against other examples since they all should be exactly alike, but for the first one discovered, there's no other coin to compare it to.
Because die doubling and mechanical doubling have entirely different characteristics. All you need to know is what those characteristics are. Mechanical doubling is flat and shelf like, die doubling is rounded. Die doubling has split serifs, mechanical doubling does not. Those are the two easiest characteristics to see.
Plus md will take away from the original design when removed where as when true doubling is removed from the equation the design looks normal.
I seen the 26 at the coin show yesterday and its not a DDO, its a TDO .... Their also going to re-slab it .. I also think the detail is going to get taken off of the slab too. One last thing, its a full band too ...
The coin owner lives in Michigan and all new images were taken yesterday by Ken Potter and will be on the front page of Coin World too ..
