The first group are the ones I am referring to.
The examples posted by cbm9ball are by an artist named Alecksy Saburov. His work is simply amazing!
MS65.
The old (and current) ANACS holders are correct-they ARE varieties, not types. A type is an entirely new design whereas a variety is a...
Buffs are my favorite U.S. coin series. I've been avidly collecting them for 52 years.
You did well on that '38-D. A couple of issues you might want to pay attention to with this series is the strike and die state. The Branch Mint...
Not FS-102. You don't need 50X magnification to see that one. Check your 1976 Mint sets.
They didn't miss it-they decided to release them anyhow due to the high demand for coinage at that time. Both of these are genuine doubled dies....
Geographic location is an important factor as many were released by the regional Federal Reserve banks after they were sent there by the Mint. For...
Welcome! Tho it might be Numismatic blasphemy, I, too, prefer the Peace dollar over the Morgan. Budget permitting I'd recommend the 1921 Peace-it...
Look here: http://varietyvista.com/index.htm
Variety Vista is a very valuable (and free) resource with excellent images that should be used whenever someone has what they think is a doubled...
[IMG] I have a nearly complete set of these-Austrian 20 korun, minted from 1993 to date.
I have several, along with the Mercury 10c, Standing Liberty 25c, and Walking Liberty centennial silver rounds that were made this year. They, too...
Daniel Carr (Moonlight Mint) has made an excellent copy for the centennial of the Buffalo nickel. There's one on ebay-item #291939550419-for $84....
"Unfortunately, most foreign dealers/collectors are not interested in or looking for doubled dies. That is why the field is virgin and may prove...
Even tho the large "D" is kinda common this is still a monster doubled die-I could see it right through a dealer's glass case. I have several of...
BTW, Crypto, that's a very well done synopsis you've done there. That obv die must have been removed from service very shortly after it was paired...
Strangely, I cherried both of the Small D coins at the same show (PAN) and consecutively from the same dealer about 20 years ago. Both graded AU.
The doubled tiara is the pick-up-point I use and can be seen very easily. I've never seen one of these without the doubled profile and partially...
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