Hi, I tend to get confused and not know if what I see is just a machine doubling or a true double die on a coin. I cropped things from a few coins that I found questionable and put a red arrow next to it. I was hoping somebody could help me out and briefly tell me what I am looking at so when I go through the rest of my coins I don't have to waste time and think too hard about it just know right away what each thing means and move on. I understand I picked low mintage and pretty beat up coins I found in circulation but those are the only coins I have. I do have a lot of coins that look really good for coins that have been in circulation that I have put to the side and decided not to even take pictures of until I find answers to my questions and I am sure of them. I will definitely post full images when I get a chance to probably at some point today or later on in the week.
Don't bother saving any of these! >Die deterioration is easily spotted by the parallel striations pointing toward the rim. >Crappy Zincolns are just that....CRAPPY! Split plating! Gas bubbles! Deterioration! Don't save any Lincoln that was produced after 1982. (NOTE: 1982 was a transition year, so some are 95% copper rather than zinc.) Chris
There are a lot of different kinds of doubling on your coins, some just damage, some MD, and some Die deterioration Doubling. Non of what you are pointing out is true Die Doubling. Below is a link to an informative site. All of what is posted on the page is worthless doubling. Also if you scroll through the website you will find what true doubled dies look like. http://doubleddie.com/144801.html
@mil3na Welcome to the forum. Now that you know what these are, keep them for a while as examples to compare with other things you find. Keep looking and good luck. There is a lot of good information on the internet. Look up worn dies, doubled dies, machine doubling etc. The best way to know what you are finding is to learn how coins are made.
@mil3na think of it this way the best way to study a coin for faults is to find any difference from a correct specimen and idenify from there. Most always any “doubling” found will be machine caused and not a true doubled die coin. Keep up the search as it makes the eye sharp to anomalies and may you find a true gem soon. Reed
Welcome to CT. One of the members here posted a drawing of the difference between DDD and true DD, but I can't remember who. Maybe another member could find and repost that drawing. I found it very helpful when I first started looking at doubling.
