If only machine doubling was sought after

Probably the best example I've personally found.

 

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The whole dang press must have jumped off the ground.

 

I'd call that a keeper! That's some significant machine doubling.

 

I will for sure. It will fit in well with all my other worthless interesting finds that take up too much space

 

I have a whole gray lockbox dedicated to that. Plus a bunch of other spots.

 

Forgive me, but why, if it's machine doubling, is only the face doubled? Why isn't the date and legend doubled? Both are punched on the die that the face is, and machine doubling would, to me, double all aspects, not just one. Why only the face and not the legend? I'm trying to learn, so educate me.

 

I have a Sac very similar to this but not able to get a good photo currently. For "fity" cents I'd keep it.

 

If I looked close enough then they probably are a little bit.

 

Great question. The short answer is that machine doubling doesn't have to happen on the entire coin; it can happen in particular areas or everywhere. This is a good resource for errors: http://lincolncentresource.com/FAQ/machinedoubling.html

 

After some thought I think I have a pretty good answer for this.

Remember when you were younger and you had one of these?



I think it's a lot like if you were to push your face into one of these (you know you tried that, lol), pulled away a little bit and moved over just a hair and went back in only not as far this time. Some of the pins would be pushed but not all of them. Your nose would probably hit first. I guess the same thing happens with mechanical doubling.

Hope this helps.

 

Rubbish! It's just hub doubling worth face value. Show us a real MD1.

 

Um, hub doubling is the "good" doubling....

 

It's a ha-ha.

 

dam it I will have machine doubling my way you all dont know wth your talking about unless its machine doubling then I dont care and here is another

 

sorry was trying to be funny had a few too many last night, did my new years partying a little late

 

Better late than never.

 

It would be fun to collect coins with profile doubling as bold as that. They have a bit more than just face value. Fun stuff.

 

The funny thing is, on some series machine doubling is collectible and will raise the value. We don't talk about that much here, because it is uncommon. The Capped Bust Halves are one of the few series where it is desirable, when it is extreme. Some dates are known with completely doubled profiles, like the one Larry posted (1823 is the most common of these). To specialists, these are interesting and collectible.

Unfortunately, CBH's are the only series I know of where this is true. My example is below: