I recently came across this 2010 Cent and purchased it on the basis that I found the doubling to be nice as well as the REVERSE being off-centered (just a little bit). However, I cannot find any information on doubled die 2010 Cent pieces. Does such information exit or is it too early? Also, since I do not see a variety type for this coin on the NGC website, does that mean that they cannot mark it down as a variety piece? I've included pictures of the piece that the SELLER posted... (I'm still new to the NUMISMATIC world...so I am sorry if my questions seem a little on the "simple" side)
Robert, nice find and good pictures. You have a couple of things going on with that cent Die crack on the head and what looks like Mechanical Doubling. This is the flat shelf appearance of the doubling. Check out John Wexlers site and pictures at http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html Hope this helps Still a nice coin and worth keeping. Bill G.
The only thing which actually looks doubled to me is the VDB. Specifically the "D" since machine doubling would not create a separate image "inside" the D. Everything else looks machine doubled and die crack's are fairly common on Lincolns.
Yeah, same here. I thought this post would be about machine doubling, but the VDB to me appears classic hub doubling with the two rounded characters on each letter. I could be wrong.
If by "mechanical doubling" you mean "machine doubling" then yes, it is different from doubled dies. A doubled die has the doubled image on the die so every coin struck by that die is doubled. Machine doulbing occurs when a coin is struck and one of the dies (usually the hammer die) chatters or shifts sideways immediately after striking the coin. This will cause the die to shear off some of the raised portions of the just-struck coin. This creates the shelf-like image that many people mistake for doubling.
