The 1937 has a 1-O-II ( MD) master die doubling variety, but the division lines on the date are not in the same direction, so I would agree with machine doubling. Jim
The reason I called it Master Doubling is because I had just read about the 1937 Master Doubling recently and it was still fresh in my mind. There was a pic of the MD on the 7 specifically and it matched the pic in this post right on. But, I'm no expert and was only giving my opinion based on what I had learned. If the experts say machine doubling then so be it. Rock
Hi Rock, I should have worded my response a little better. Lange mentions that about half of 1937 cents have a master die doubling ( which this cent appears to have), but the varieties ( looking at coppercoins.com, most have master DD also) would have true doubling also. Coppercoins has 5 DDO that look like they have the master die doubling along with true doubling. A couple of others may not, but there is a mention that several dies exist for some. Crawford only shows the Coneca 1-0-II in his drawing which appears to me to be the Coppercoins DDO-2. Many of these are verified by die markers and having the coin and a good magnifier would be necessary to verify. I was just saying that even though there were 1937 ( master die doubling present) varieties with doubled die obverses, this one was just machine doubling of a 1937 Master die doubled "7" cent. Hopefully I have said it correctly this time Jim
Hey Jim, I should know better than to respond to posts in these forums at 1:00 in the morning after a long day. I'm over tired and not thinking clearly. Your response was just fine and your 2nd response was very educational. I hadn't thought it all the way thru like you did. thanks for clearing it up. I tend to rush over things and it gets me in trouble sometimes. Anyway, thanks again for a very educational explanation. Have a great weekend. rock
