I was looking through some cents the other night and came across this cent. I have never found a DD in circulation rolls before. So when i found this cent my heart just stopped. I have my suspicions about it but want to see what others say...
The flat shelf like features are indicative of strike or mechanical doubling . Very common on the lincoln cent. Rick
Hi, It would help to know the date of the coin. Also, I posted a bunch of scans of real Doubled Die coins in the gallery. There is a link at the top of the cointalk page to get you to the galleries. I posted a scan of a 1964 DDR Lincoln cent that shows what to look for. Take a close look at both of the S's in STATES. You can see the splits at the ends of the letters. It's tough to see, but you can see the doubling on E PLURIBUS UNUM as well. I cant tell by your pics if there is any Die doubling on your coin. The A in STATES looks like mechanical doubling and the doubling on AMERICA also looks like mechanical doubling. I would want to see a closer shot of those words, if possible. Have Fun, Bill
The doubling doesnt show as well in the picture as it does in hand. When i first saw the coin, the doubling especially at the A's in America, looked like there was a split in the seriffs. The picture looks like it as well. But the more i looked at it, i agree, it turned out to be SD. I have never seen an SD coin like this, being so far off. Normally the 'smudge' (what it looks like to me) that results on an SD coin is usually pretty close to the raised MOTO, looking almost like a shadow. The smudge on this coin sticks way out there, and on almost every letter - AND on the building. I had never found a DD in circulation before, so my heart skipped.... I will just have to keep looking
Sorry forgot to mention the date - its a 1983 philly cent. I have checked out your gallery pics, nice coins!! I can get much closer to the coin without it getting pixalated. I have used my camera, and my scanner scanning at 19,800 PSI. I think i have a crappy scanner When i use my camera, i can get within an 1/8 of an inch, using macro, to take the picture at the cameras highest resolution, and i still cant zoom in on the picture on the computer to get a closer look on the words.
Hi, all of my scans were done on a flatbed scanner. Try this, If you have a TWAIN program, (you must since you scanned at such a high resolution) Scan the coin at 2400 DPI magnified to 200% . Then reduce the size of the pic to fit the screen. At that point, it should be at least clear enough to see the doubling. One thin we all forget is that our monitors can't see 19,000 pixels per inch, so there is no point in scanning that high. 2400 DPI, seems to work even though many people's monitors still display at 72 DPI. See what happens, Have Fun, Bill PS: There are some 1983 DDR coins that are not the big one! There are lesser known varieties
