FS in this case is the designers initials. Everyone else is thinking of the full step designation.
What is on the reverse?
It looks like William IV. Could be wrong though.
First thing I'd do is go out and buy a red book ( guide to coin prices). Sort the coins by type, all silver dollars together, all wheat cents...
Last time I had a dealer send one in, it cost way too much. He sent it in on the wrong tier, so it cost way too much, and I'm sure he added a bit...
If you are able to weigh it, it will narrow down what it could be struck on.
My bank got rid of the counting machines, so rolling everything back up will slow me down a bit. Have found in the last week: cents: 1968-d ddo 2....
Finding tons of them out here close to Denver.
Paddy, it's a very compelling argument and it looks to be what you think it is. I never thought to look for mules of the type 1 and type two dies....
What makes you think it's a doubled die?
I'm pretty sure it's a fake. Others more knowledgeable will chime in soon.
Took over a year of trips to my favorite coin shop in Denver to find a type C. I've looked through literally thousands of dollars in face value...
It's a real proof. Has proof reverse.
It's a business strike and machine doubled. Quite common on 68-s.
Found a 1995-d ddo a few days ago. Been looking for a while for one. Pretty spectacular doubling.
I'd save that one and get a cheap 1921 to make a ring out of.
It does have master die doubling.. nearly half the mintage has it though.
These "errors" seem to be coming out of the woodwork... A 1941 Canadian quarter is silver, a 1970 or 70-d US quarter is clad... Likely you have a...
Most coins were made in the hundreds of thousands or millions, and have been spent thousands of times, wearing down a vast majority of them. So...
The way coins are made is there are two round pieces of metal called dies that have the design of the coin on them, they then press the design of...
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