Meow is reluctant to post here because of all the negativity towards Meow. But Meow has a few finds that need the attention of experts to determine what this is. Wexlers has a double die listed for the Blue Ridge Parkway quarter similar to these in P Mint; But these are D mints, so are they the real deal; And new undocumented variations? These are images of two different quarters. And please only respond with posts regarding these coins, and not about Meow Catsonally please. And this is different quarter.
The first one I would definitely be poised to believe it is doubled. The other(s) looks like a possible nick, but it could just be cause by the angle of the light/camera.
So you think there is definitely something there? So Meow has found possibly an undocumented double die variation. So you think this one maybe is just a nick? Meow thought so too, but see how it follows the shape of the leaf? If this is a nick, it would be quite lucky hit Meow thinks.
Now don't get your hopes up... I've been doing this for all of a couple of months and only came across one so far. I am purely going off of how doubling seems to appear on raised features. Definitely wait for a better opinion. EDIT: Just now noticed you put a picture in your previous response to me. That one I am iffy on. The first picture you posted is the one I like.
Was the one you found like this was a P mint, and like the documented one? Its just an odd coincidence this possible doubling occurs on nearly the same spot as the documented one.
Meow has found quite a few of those. That one and the Homestead one have a huge amount of slightly different double dies. The last Homestead on Meow found, it took Meow a while to find its exact Wexler number. There where about 200 variations, and Meow had number 160. Meow does not bother to find the exact number on the Rushmore ones, as they are too similar most of the time to really be sure which one it is. The best one Meow found is a double die with a die break right in Jefferson's nostril. Meow calls it the Jefferson booger variety; As that is what it looks like, a big crusty booger coming out of Jefferson's nostril.
Pic 1 looks legit to me. Pic 2 looks like it may be DD but it also may be a die chip. Pic 3 looks like MD to me but if so it should show up on other devices on the coin.
These are not true doubled dies. They are varieties. While nice to have an unknown variety attributed to your name they will never be worth big money.
What do you mean when you say not true DD's? Do you mean they are not true DD's in the classic sense? Or in a technical sense are they not true DD's? These minor varieties keep me interested in CRH. It is nice to find something, anything on occasion. The quarters series are a fun to hunt.
There are numerous variety collectors and more power to them. The hobby would be boring without them. Doubled Dies are just that and varieties are only varieties that may exhibit doubling. Having a variety that displays doubling is not a Doubled Die. A true Doubled Die is a 1955 DDO or a 1971 or a 1972, both DDO's. If memory serves me correctly, the last DD on a cent was in 1995. A 1916 DDO Buffalo Nickel is another example. Varieties are interesting but the possibilities are almost endless. Am I correct in saying that a variety book is necessary as I don't see varieties listed in all books?
I really don't understand what you are trying to say here. Yes, a 55DDO is a doubled die. That is a significant, popular variety which a number of people are willing to pay a huge premium for. However, these very small doubled dies are also true doubled dies. They exhibit doubling, as formed on the die during the hubbing process. Modern dies are made differently, and so will show a different class of doubling. There are doubled dies known for all denominations up through 2018. Doubled dies didn't just magically stop happening in 1995. Many of these are minor, and will never garner much of a premium - but that doesn't change the fact that they are, in fact, doubled dies. As for cataloguing them in a book.... there are too many, really. Wexler updates his website and maintains the list there: http://doubleddie.com/228401.html
Yes, Meow, I think you might actually have something with the second coin. I would contact Wexler, send him the coin for verification, and he will authenticate it. If so, that would be a really cool find. Let us know how it turns out!
I also feel that the true doubled die occurred with the multiple squeeze hubbing process and that the term is incorrect ( but accepted by many never the less) for the post 1995 coins. To me the single squeeze method has a slippage, vibration, what ever, when the hub is undergoing the single squeeze die hubbing which I see akin to mechanical doubling rather than die doubling, and yes I feel the market pressure has made these acceptable under the term DD as more valuable than a MD coin even though the process is very similar. I know it won't change back, so one must live with it. Jim
