1928 S/S Standing Liberty Quarter, 1941 Mercury Dime DDO and 1967 SMS DDO?

Hello!

My Cherrypicker's Volume 2 arrived in the mail today...and, of course, I started looking through what I have left of my coin collection (down to about 10% of my original collection due to unemployment.) The first think I pulled out was my half roll of Standing Liberty Quarters. I'd bought about 5 of the "Large S" Variety from my local dealer (at a price of $3) and I think I may have a 1928 S/S, FS-25-1928S-502.

I have also confirmed the presence of a 1941 P Mercury Dime DDO (FS-10-1941-101) that I bought at the same shop for $1.25.

Also, since I started looking through my quarters, here is a 1967 SMS Washington Quarter that has what I think might be very strong strike doubling. The Cherrypicker's lists the DDO as FS-25-1967-101 (026.5).

What do you all think? Am I right, and if so, what do you think the values of these coins are?

Here are a couple scans of my coins:

1928 S/S -
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1928SDDOStandingLibertyQuarterOb-1.jpg

1941 P Mercury Dime DDO -
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1941PMercuryDimeDDO1.jpg

1967 P -
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1967PWashingtonQuarterDDOObverse1.jpg

Thanks!

~benjamin

 

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Hi,

Sorry but, No , No and No.

The first coin is not the S/S, the second and third coins exhibit machine doubling.

Thanks,
Bill

 

1928-S Standing Lib Quarter ?

Could you post the hole coin???

 

No

No they are not die varieties, sorry - the 67 quarter has strike doubling and is not the Cherry Pickers variety - they don't list mechanically doubled coins because they are not die varieties - they are striking mistakes.

 

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the replies! I'll post some whole coin shots later on today - I took a scan of the coins in question because the camera I've been using doesn't really do quite so well with that sort of thing. The scans are good for an overall shot - but even at 9600 dpi won't give enough detail to look at the areas in question.

I agree on the 1967 - I think it's strike doubling, although a really nice example of it nonetheless. However, I have to disagree on the 1941 DDO - the coin looks just like the photo in the Cherrypicker's. There is also doubling on the 1 in 1941, as stated in CPG (Cherrypicker's Guide) but I don't see (yet) any evidence on Liberty's nose. I'll post some more/better photos of that later on today.

I used to make the mistake of thinking strike doubling was double die - until I searched through a box of quarters and found almost a complete roll of strike doubled coins. I thought to myself, "Wait a minute....why would someone pay a premium for something this common?" and then looked up the difference.

The 1928S is the one I'm up in the air about - there is definitely something there to the lower right of the S. I know the coin isn't in a high grade, so it may be difficult to diagnose an RPM. If anyone has a better photo of the CPG variety that would be great!

Thanks, and I'll work on getting those photos tonight!

~benjamin

 

I'll take another go at the 1941 Dime if you can get a good shot looking straight down at it. From the picture provided, it looks more like machine doubling. That is one of the problems with using a picture.

Even if the picture of IN GOD WE TRUST on the dime is of a similar quality as that seen above, if it is a head on shot, it would help.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Wow...I can't believe how difficult it is to take a photo of a coin.

Yep. I need to buy a much better camera...hopefully someone can recommend one that uses SD cards? And, at this point, in the "less than $125 price range."

So, all I have is a completely useless scan of the obverse of the 1941:

Scan:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1941PMercuryDimeObverse1a.jpg

Here are scans of the 1928 S Quarter, whole coin:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1928SDDOStandingLibertyQuarterOb-2.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/mielkeba/My Coins/1928SDDOStandingLibertyQuarterRever.jpg


I must have taken 200 shots of that dime...none are in focus. I'm going to try to scan just that area...see if that works.

 

1928-S Standing Lib Quarter

looks like an inverted S by your scan. to be sure I would have it checked.
Or can you get a close up of the mint mark???

 

Hi,

It's not even close to being an inverted S but this view sure does make it look like the RPM. It needs someone who knows what they are looking at to look at it first hand.

From the picture, being better, I think it may be.

Thanks,
Bill

 

need a better picture

Here is a small s 1928-s.yours maybe a large s

 

Hi,

Again, this is where pictures really come in to play on this stuff....the first picture of the 1941 Dime at the beginning of the thread seems to show machine doubling.

The second picture of the obverse exhibits some characteristics that I would love to see more clearly. Personally, I might open up the possibility that the 1941 could be a DDO based upon the better picture.

The picture is still not quite sufficient to determine if it is a DDO or not, but the door is at least opened again.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Wow...talk about reviving an old thread. Thought I would, since I have finally sent the 1928 S SLQ off to NGC, and I have an update. Hasn't been graded yet, but it's now listed in the invoice as FS-502 (which I did not write on the invoice.) Seems as though it's passed muster as the variety!

 

Congrats! Can't wait to see the grade on that thing!

 

Ha...probably VG details, if I remember correctly...lol