Hello. So I have this 1944-D Mercury. The condition is nothing spectacular, I am mostly curious about the appearance of doubling on the date, the "W" of the initials for the designer of the Mercury, and doubling on a few of the letters in Liberty. What is this error called? Or is it something else? Thoughts anyone? Thanks so much!
I don't think it would pay to have this slabbed as machine doubling. If you want to save it as a curiousity, then by all means do so.
Thanks for all the information. So then, machine doubled coins are not desireable, in as much that beyond the minimal silver content this coin is nothing lets say, "wanted?". Thoughts? Should I save it for grins or sell it and use the money to buy a nicer, more sought after coin?
Machine doubling, for some reason I never quite understood except for it being so common, is not considered an error. Therefor its not worth extra versus a normal coin. There are some good posts in the error section on how to tell the difference between machine doubling and true repunching, in case you wish to see. My simplest description is you will see the curved edges of the letters/numbers on repunched items, where machine doubling is flat and shelf like.
