Hi All !! This is my first post in this forum... Regarding Error Coins I have just purchased this coin (1 Cent Weathie 1972) seems to be a double die in the 2. What do you think?
It looks very possible but the pictures are just a hair under what I would need to be 100% sure. Thanks, Bill PS: Welcome!
First: Welcome to the forum! Second: I have to agree with Bill. It does appear to be a good one. However, another thought, I do not know the Mexican coinage process. If the date (or digits) are applied to the die separately from the hub then it could be a repunched date. Not a logical thought, just a thought.
Thank You Jello!! Thanks Treashunt !! " I do not know the Mexican coinage process. If the date (or digits) are applied to the die separately from the hub then it could be a repunched date " Well as far I know the mexican mintage process is the same that US,one strike in a metal blanket, in fact some mexican coins were minted in US , In the XX century for example, the mexican coins of 2 and 5 cents were minted in Conn. and other cities. Best Regards to all and thanks for the warm welcome !! Mike
Okay, then it is strange since it is rather extreme separation, without any other part of the design showing any doubling. Another one for Mike Diamond?
It's MD. The 2 was squished by the die, that's why the the "2" is uneven and out of alignment with the other numerals. ...And welcome to the forum!
I fooled with the pictures and a few things became more apparent. You can see them in the pictures at the beginning of the thread. Notches on the upper right of the 1 and 7 Wideness of the numeral 9 Doubling, of course on the 2 Doubling on the C I'm gonna call it a doubled die based upon taking the time to look more carefully at the images Thanks, Bill
Thanks Bill for for the "fresh eyes", you´re right :bow:, for comparision please find photos of "normal" coins of the same: Best Regards to All !! Mike
Nice pictures Mike. Your fist coin looks like the die shifted or whatever it's called, the area around the rim looks different then the others like a misaligned die.
Bill I have to respectfully disagree. I see very little of what you have noted. The photograph provided is not even remotely clear enough for a proper analysis and I am certain there was camera shake and a great deal of pixilation - and I kind of think that is what gives the appearance of notching. The OP's description is also not in line with this hypothesis, all that was stated was doubling on the 2. The 2 has the appearance of doubling (so does the C as you noted), but everyone is disagreeing on the reasons (I still think MD on both counts). Of course I could be wrong on all points. I am not looking to argue and have some sort of back and forth on this; there's too much of that on CT already. No one has seen this coin in person and thus analysis on this coin (and almost everything posted in the error section) is reliant on suspect evidence that we cannot control. What I would really like is better pics, even if I have to take them to know for sure.
