1920 S double dye on the date? Is it a New discovery?

Am I correct, Fish? The '55 you've shown was struck ONCE.

 

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Umm...YES!

 

Wow...

WOW... seriously, this isn't one you want to double down on, Boss.

Okay. It's one thing to personally believe this garbage, but something else altogether to suggest others do the very thing you CLEARLY haven't bothered to do for yourself. Perhaps you're familiar with the old saying about what happens when we assume?

I could walk outside right now, pick up a stone from my driveway, and never be able to find another identical to it. Does this mean my driveway is full of even somewhat valuable stones? Think about it....

Oh, and if this doesn't help put things in perspective, I'll give you a great deal on as many as your little heart desires...

 

no, a doubled die has nothing to do with a coin being struck twice. The mechanism that produces one side of a coin is called a "die" not dye. The die is doubled because of a mistake during the time the die is produced. The image you were shown is of an obverse and reverse die. See how the design is backwards? I suggest taking the time to learn the minting process before you try to argue with people about what your coin is,

 

I personally think he is a troll.

 

A coin that is struck twice is generally a proof. You will not see the impression from the first trike - it is obliterated by the pressure. The term "Strike Doubling" is confusing, I like Die Chatter or Ejection Doubling better. After the coin is struck and is about to be ejected from the collar the coin hits up against the die OR if the die is not tight in the press, it moves a bit as the pressure is released causing it to "chatter" a slight amount, giving the shelf-like doubling. True Doubled Dies show doubled images. Look at the 1916/16 Buffalo Nickel, 1941/42 P & D Mercury Dimes, 1955 Double Die Lincoln or the 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln put up on this form. See the area where there is complete separation of lettering? That is a doubled die.

 

I have a 1920 S Lincoln cent for sale that has "machine" doubling and I am asking only $150,000.00 for it.

 

@Boss4070
Quote - "In 1955, a hubbing error caused some cents to get struck with an obverse die which showed doubling in all of the obverse devices, producing a prominent doubling of the date, and to a less noticeable degree, the rest of the obverse. This is known as the 1955 doubled die cent. A similar die error occurred in 1969 on dies used at the San Francisco Mint. While the 1955 doubled die cent is well-known and widely collected, the 1969-S doubled die is far rarer, with an uncirculated specimen selling for as much as $126,500 in a 2008 Heritage auction. The same mechanism produced 1972, 1983, 1984, and 1995 Doubled die cents. Doubled Dies are known for practically every date in the Lincoln cent series, but most are minor, and less impressive compared to the 1955 and the other Doubled Die varieties mentioned here." closed quote

I want to share this webpage with you - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)

 

Perhaps he'll prove me wrong, but something tells me the Bossman isn't going to be back any time soon, and if he does return, it's hard to imagine we'll see much of a change. Still, best of luck to you, Paddy!

 

@Boss4070 The coin in question is a coin that exhibits the effects of machine doubling of the design elements.
Just as everyone has been trying to tell you. It has NO PREMIUM VALUE over the valve of what appears to be a 1920S cent in Fine condition. Some times it’s hard to be told something you feel is wrong but that’s how we learn!

 

You tried @paddyman98

 

@Boss4070, what do you think we collect, here, stamps? It isn't doubled die.

 

It's worth 50 cents. You just struck it rich with pocket change.

 

I don't mean to be rude but you have got to be joking right? You are so incredibly wrong. You don't even know how to spell DIE right and you think you're more correct than people who have been collecting for decades? Stop your snarky responses and accept that you're WRONG.

Take advice from these experts and then you'll eventually start to find coins that are worth more than their face value. You will literally never find anything important if you don't even start by educating yourself.

Or ignore all the good information people are trying to give you and keep finding worthless coins... I guess to each his own.

 

He's gone and I doubt he'll be back......