It's a die gouge.
Not it at all. And not a doubled die. And not a GEM. If there is any doubling mimicked on this coin, it's from being reprocessed.
I can see the raised metal. Metal that was raised from the deep gouge and the object that hit the coin at an oblique angle. The damage where the...
Once you open enough machine wrapped rolls, you'll see that there is nothing magical about this at all. The rolling fingers that close up the end...
It's a deep gouge. Nothing but damage.
The VDB on later memorial cents is very shallow. Given enough die wear, it becomes faint and sometimes invisible.
Got pictures? Nickels have a tendency to show a copper appearance when they've suffered environmental damage. Nickels that have been dug up out...
This is not a doubled die.
Shy- I know it's not as fun as finding them yourself, but if you want a couple of examples of doubled dies, pm me and I'll be happy to send them...
Here's another one. This is a class 2 doubled die. Class 2s are fairly common on the reverses of Memorial cents from the early to mid sixties....
Keep in mind, that the appearance of "shifting" is not separation. Take a look at 1964 DDR001. Look particularly at the 2nd photo. That's...
It's MD. Where are you seeing the separation?
It's not unusual for late die state LMCs from the zinc era to be missing the vdb.
I'm not seeing anything but the normal design elements.
Shy, Aside from the shelf-line appearance and lack of separation lines or splits, another good way to look at it is too imagine taking away the...
Nice one. I've been looking for a decent IHC too just to have for my collection. If you can get it in a 58 holder, it would probably be worth...
This area as well as the area between E PLU and the O in ONE exhibit a natural weakness on many wheat cents. The reason for this is that these...
At some point you have to ask yourself what the odds are that what you are seeing on both the obverse and reverse is hub doubling. On both of...
Simon- Thanks. I use an Amscope with a trinocular mount that I attach my DSLR to. It can be finicky, and the focus is not consistent across the...
Nice lams!
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