1957-D Franklin

Anyone ever hear of a 1957-D Triple Die Obverse Franklin Half? I am sure that the date on mine is not a result of strike tripling as the top serif of the five is clearly split, almost looking like a serpent's tongue.

The portrait is a bit confusing to me though and appears more doubled than tripled. I am also not sure if the portrait is a result of Strike Doubling.

Also, In God We Trust there appears to be tripling. Not sure if it is a result of the strike or die though.

Are there any resources that are more in depth than the Cherry Pickers Guide?

 

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If you could show us pictures, I could help a bit more. More than likely, what you have is in fact Strike Doubling - it can often be very deceptive.

There are no Double or Triple dies listed in the Coneca files for 1957D. That doesn't mean they don't exist - just no one has discovered/reported them yet. You can find the list here: http://www.conecaonline.org/content/franklindoubleddies19571963.html

 

No I haven't heard of such. Here is a general reference on the franklin half. Might help.

http://www.stellacoinnews.com/index.php/reference-books/the-complete-guide-to-franklin-half-dollars/

Jim

Yes, photos would help.

 

Never heard of it before but would love to see some pics. TC

 

Yeah I am working on getting a camera at the moment. I am going to take it by the coin shop today along with my Peace dollar to see what info they may have.

 

Franklins are really cool. I'd like to be able to get some of them.

 

Jason, aka physics-fan3.14, has a wonderful NGC Registry Set of Franklins. If you can, you should check out the "Poe Collection".

This is about the best I can do for you...........

 

Thanks for your help everyone. The good news is that it is not strike doubling. The bad news is that it is not a double die either. Instead it is the result of the coin hooking onto the die as it is being ejected. Go figure.

 

That is known as strike doubling (aka machine doubling).