Now, for the Nth time, I will post this link to Wexler's works, one of the 3 top error/variety experts with formal journals/studies/publications...
If 1976, it's not silver.
Vise job, or leather strip and big hammer, impressing this Lincoln with another coin's date.
One questions like this, I always post this link for "worthless doubling". Go to the bottom or the left column to see the examples....
A little die deterioration, but tough to call it doubling of any type. Definitely not DDO
Back a few years ago (maybe 10-20) some people would air-blast coins with talc to remove surface grunge/marks. It was like sand-blast, but talc...
All I see is some light reflection and some kind of "spot".
I have collected errors and varieties for 40 years and use Wexler all the time, usually having to provide a link to all his works when questions...
It looks to me like die deterioration if anything, and still appears to be well within tolerance, but I'm not a modern US variety collector. My...
All I see is reflection from the light source. Where do you see "doubling"?
Absolutely NOT DDR. Die deterioration
Thanks again for your give-aways. I'd like the 2 1864 US 2 cents, because it's a special 100th anniversary of an important date.
Very nice find
Since it's out-of-round, I think post mint damage.
Looks like one to me.
Although the photos aren't entirely clear, you have either machine doubling or die deterioration doubling, both very common and not caused by the...
Yes, I think that it's die deterioration doubling, as said above.
I see a little wear/weakness in the hair and buffalo flank. The wear on the hair isn't at the highest design height. I think high AU to low 60's.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Well, my coin that I use as an icon fits the bill: France 1790/1792 Monneron 5 sols jeton, 31g, 40 mm dia
It looks like either die deterioration or mechanical doubling ... nothing with the die.
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