1920 S double dye on the date? Is it a New discovery?

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  1. Boss4070

    Boss4070 Member

    I have just found a 1920 S Lincoln wheat double dye on the date! Is it the only one ever found?
     

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  3. Boss4070

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    Also could not find this in any of the books or on the internet!!!?? So what do you think folks?
     
  4. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    It is not a Doubled die, as the smaller portion is too flat. One photo makes it look like mechanical doubling and the second like "Die deterioration" due to excessive wear. Either way there is no value added. Jim
     
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  5. Boss4070

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    Well could not find another one like it at all, so has to have some value, even if it is. Strike double
     
  6. Boss4070

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    It is visible with out mag ovation, these pics just define it more, and there is some indication of doubling else where, just not as evident as the date and Mint mark
     
  7. Boss4070

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    Anyway thanks for you input, much a prieciated!
     
  8. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    The mint mark is added to the die after it has been produced, so the chance of a doubled die and a doubled mintmark ( RPM) is exceedingly rare. You can go to coppercoins.com and look to see if you have a match, it is a search variety site.
     
  9. Boss4070

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    Thanks I will do that, all I know haven’t found another one like it! So anyway thank you again for the info!
     
  10. cpm9ball

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    There were 46,220,000 of the 1920S struck. Let us know when you have checked all of them.

    Chris

    PS. It looks like machine doubling to me, too!

    PPS. Machine doubling is also called strike doubling, mechanical doubling and sometimes ejection doubling.
     
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  11. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    This is Dye.. used for coloring material
    dye.jpg

    This is a Coin Die.. used for striking coins
    die.jpg
     
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  12. l.cutler

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    The fact that you can't find another like it also points to strike doubling. Strike doubling may happen to only one single coin, whereas a doubled die would affect every coin struck by that die.
     
  13. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    1,100,457.........1,100,458........1,100,459........1,100,460.......Can I take a break any time soon?

    :(:(:(
     
  14. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    It could be worth more if you convince someone that didn't know any better that it is a doubled die piece and get them to buy it as such. Not ethical, but possible.
     
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  15. Boss4070

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    Well double dye is a coin that’s struck twice, not a dye that has two different designs that are the same, and either way as old as it is and the fact that no one else has one makes it as valuable as the eye of the beholder!
     
  16. Boss4070

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    Well double dye is a coin that’s struck twice, not a dye that has two different designs that are the same, and either way as old as it is and the fact that no one else has one makes it as valuable as the eye of the beholder!
    Could be!
     
  17. Boss4070

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    And still looking I saw one or two that had a double strike, but it was almost perfectly over the other, wasn’t off as much as this coin
     
  18. l.cutler

    l.cutler Member

    Wrong, a doubled die is not a coin that is struck twice. It is struck from a die that has a doubled image from when the die is made. The error is in the die and all coins struck from that die show the doubling.
     
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  19. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Wrong! It is not struck twice
    The design on the Die that was engraved is Doubled and that's why it's called a Doubled Die and not a Double Struck.
    Got it?
     
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  20. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    we answered at the same time ;)
     
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