It looks like it to me. How many of these are known to exist? I bought it today. Ok, if someone can tell me how to post a PIC that isn't 'too large' I'll post a pic of it!!!
Reduce the size of the file. (I like irfanview. It is free.) For the record, I do not consider a doubled die to be an error. Rather, it is a variety (because every coin struck by the doubled die will have the doubling).
Ok here you go Shoewrecky. http://screencast.com/t/pjLJFLzY Still can't figure out how to upload a picture.
Not sure if that is PMD, MD or an actual doubling. With it being worn, I am having a little trouble telling what it is. hopefully someone with more experience will chime in. I would like to say it's a combination of PMD and MD (machine Doubling..no additional value) BUT I could be wrong.
I picked it up for ten bucks. Whether variety or a DDO, I think it is cool. I've never seen a Merc that looks like this.
I'm pretty sure that's no DDO... if there was a DDO with that kind of strong spread in the Merc Dime series, I'm pretty sure it'd be huge news. Like, '55 DDO big. Because that is some spread. It looks more like MD, but the rest of the obverse doesn't display MD? I'd guess die ejection doubling.
The L B and Y of Liberty show what look likes doubling, but nothing else. and of course the authors initials are doubled up.
Ok so from the feedback the '24 was just a 'junk silver' 90% coin worth around $3? It fills a blank in the dansco so I'm happy with it! So I paid a big mac too much for it.. I'm cool with that!
Yes, it is a machine doubling. When the coining die is prepared, it is ( at least then, not now) pressed 2 times by the hub die with removal and re-insertion for the second pressing. If it is done correctly, the second pressing reinforces the first. If the second pressing was not exact, a second pressing produces a second image about the same depth as the first, but overlapping. When this doubled die strikes a coin, the doubled portion would be about the same height, not one very dominant and one very flattened like your example, which occurs during die movement in the striking. Jim
No, dates stopped being punched on the die in 1909, with the date being engraved into the master. Even dates often called repunched dates, such as the 1942/41 mercury and the 1918/17 nickle were actually DDO, and not repunched dates.
If this purchase inspires you to learn more about such errors, then 10 dollars will be a very good price. Some doubled dies can go for mucho dinero, this could save you hundreds in the future
