bought this three cent piece last week from a local coin shop just because i didnt have one in my collection .just an ok 1865 three cent piece but ok. i gave twenty five dollars and was pleased with my purchase . i was totally unaware of the doubling .when i got home put it under the scope an saw the doubling right away or i at least i hope its something like that thank for your thoughts and help . cant find a lot about this .during my limited search. is it real and is it at least worth twenty five bucks . tks again
Neat. It does look like there is something goin' on there. Fixed your pics so they would show full-sized instead of as thumbnails. (That is an option you can select, BTW.)
There are a few different varieties of repunched dates with these 1865's. I'm guessing that this one is a Breen #2413 (I was on the wrong page earlier). Z
thank everyone for sharing your knowledge i have been collecting or should i say accumulating for years but just in the past couple of years have started trying to learn what i have and about all the many thing there are to learn about collecting .it is over whelming i applaud you all for the time and effort it takes to know and understand the things you need to know to collect .
no your right im new here and i sure didnt see the mpd there is still much to learn thanks to every one its a great help i have a number of coins to post not sure all will be this clear . i still have trouble with ddo and mechanical doubling i study it but it still fools me sometimes .the old eyes just arnt quite the same any more .
The mint had the same problem with the three cent nickels that they did with the shield nickels. The hard planchets tore up the dies quickly and the die shop couldn't keep up with the demand for dies. So blundered dies or unfinished dies (improperly polished/basined that still showed the "Longacre doubling" on letters and devices) that wouldn't ordinarily have been used were pressed into service.
