I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this ... Especially since there never has been a 1995 of this variety reported ... You can also see the SAME form of doubling in the letters E , D and A in United States like the doubling is shown on the 1982 Lincoln cent resource site . But pay very close attention to the letter I and U in E.pluribus
So as a double die expert froggyfrog02 then how does one explain explain away the doubling on the coin if its clearly not machine doubling ... In order to give REALISTIC opinions I think one should always elaborate . And no sorry necessary.
Not an expert by any stretch of the word...but I have been looking at coins for about 8 years. My question(s) to you is(are): How much do you understand about the minting process? How are the hub dies made? What causes doubled dies? How can your coin have “doubling” on some of the letters but not others? Especially in the same word. Also, I was not giving an opinion. I was stating a fact. Your coin is not a doubled die.
In all of the close ups of E PLURIBUS UNUM from what I can see in the pics. it looks like it may be a doubled die. I'm not sure if these are of the op's coin or not. This question is for the op.. Is the dots between the words e pluribus unum look oval shaped ? It would be awesome for someone to find a 1995 DDR I have never thought to check for them.
Well sir I'm sure that if we are both looking at the same coin and you have been looking at coins for 8 years while i myself have been looking at coins for 5 years then I'm sure you can see that the coin is worn and has weak strike which probably would explain the doubling showing stronger on some letters then others . Plus the Lincoln center resource coins just so happens to have doubling in the same areas as my coin as well only clockwise ... Well I can try and examine it again and see if I can get better pictures ... Unfortunatately I'm only working with a cell phone camera at the moment since I lost my coin lense . But I was thinking the same thing too since the doubling appears to be in the same areas as the 1982 coin on Lincoln Center only the strike looks stronger and like its going in the opposite direction . But I'm no expert just a Coin Addict
Good luck in your endeavors. You clearly don’t need anyone here to tell you what you have. I look forward to seeing your post once you have it attributed as a discovery piece.
I have found a few of the 2004 DDRs while roll searching and from what I can see in the close ups your coin appears to show similar doubling as the 04 cents. good luck with it.This is what I have been telling some roll searchers on here is to look at the smallest letters first because they show doubling better.
Thanks I appreciate the encouragement ...dont see nothing wrong with being a little optimistic and THOROUGH
Be an optimist all you want. But when it comes to this, you need to understand how the process works and how to identify true doubling. Things that I’m not sure you quite get yet. This will be my last word on it. Good luck. I hope you prove me wrong but I won’t be holding my breath.
While yours looks similar, I don't see any notching (split seriphs) that would indicated true hub doubling. It looks like die deterioration doubling to me.
Your 1995 reverse is MDD not a doubled die reverse. Just compare the bottom left of the A in STATES from your photo to the A in STATES of the 1982 DDR photo you posted. I'm sure if you had much better photos of your 1995 we could all see it is just MDD.
Because people like to say 'nope' - like politicians; i. e., "My opponent's plan doesn't work'. Ok, fine - tell me (and DO) what does work. They never do. Same BS here .................... ed.: I ain't interested in a negation. Make a DECLARATION. Otherwise, let your keyboard rest .
The 1982 and 1983 DDR cents are doubled much stronger that some other DDR cents and shows the doubling in the larger letters. The ones with closer doubling shows better on the smallest letters. I'm not trying to say the op's coin is a doubled die because I have never seen it close up. It would need to be examined in hand to know for sure what it is.
