hey all I have some cents to compare to md or shelf doubling but they are are older cents this is a 2011 coin and not sure whether the same rules follow. and can anyone recommend the latest coin variety book? I hope I dont bother the coin pro's with boring cents
OK, I'm sure I'm going to get blasted for this, but who the hell cares about these, except Webster, I mean Wexler? Ah, boy, here it comes...
I won't blast you, but I care about these. I feel the same way you feel, but about Morgan VAMs. I guess it's all about perspective. I can take a brick of cents to the bank, exchange them, and find these for free. I'm sure if I had a lot of cash to spend on coins, I'd be a VAMmer. I love coins so I love what I can afford!
If the world all thought like I do, it would be a pretty boring place, let me tell you, Jay. I can dig what you're saying. But I still think you guys are...
I like them and all die varieties of cents cause like Eddie said its an inexpensive way to collect coins with a small chance of finding something that may be worth something or rare. As far as the newer cents im not big into them but hey a doubled die is a doubled die no matter what coin it is. As for the one I posted in this thread im thinking it was more of a trick of the light cause I used a different light source and didn't see what was in this photo I'll keep looking though
Unlike die deterioration doubling, which is just extreme wear. A doubled die implies moving of the die as it is being hubbed. In the older era it took more than one squeeze in the hubbing press to fully imprint the working die. The working die needed to be annealed (heated) to soften it between pressings. When it was re inserted if it moved in any direction, or if the die was tilted, twisted, whatever. There are 9 different types of movement that are considered a doubled die. In modern hubbing there is supposed to be only a single squeeze. I have read about the possibility of the press operator stopping the press mid hubbing for some reason and creating a doubled hub that way. It is more often now a form of twisting, or play in the chamber. people are still trying to figure it out. A lot of the newer ones are subtle, but so were a lot of older ones doubled eyelids anyone? There is always a pattern of the motion on the doubled die coin. I think my 2011 is right up there with some of the 1972 dies as far as the beauty of the notching, thickening and doubling of the digits and letters. Of course I'm looking for the "big one", aren't we all? In 40 years that 2011 will be one of the the "big one"s. I don't find what I'm looking for usually. I'm often surprised and delighted with what I do find. I just found this 1984D last night. I wasn't expecting that.
