That;s machine doubling, and not a double die, The images are shelf like not rounded ,but it;s a nice one to keep, because its an extreme one . I only collect the ones that are unusally. There is no value in these coins unless you have some one that;s interested in them , and will pay a small premumi for it. nice machine doubling a cool one Jazzccoins Joe:whistle:
You can go to this link and look up 1957-D DDO's: http://www.coppercoins.com/advsearch.php. Tell you the truth, though, these are nothing I'd ever pay a premium for. If these are DDO's, they're pretty darn microscopic. On your coin, that does look like strike-doubling, to me. Take a look at that mint mark, is it also "doubled?" If so, the engraver affixed that after the die was struck. If you're going to call this coin a doubled-die, kind of coincidental that mint mark happens to show doubling, too. On strike-doubling, you'd expect that. Nice little BIE (i.e., die chip), BTW, you got there on LIBERTY. Just my opinion, now...
Eddie this is deffinetly machine doubling with out a doubt. I don't know if the OP knows that or not he didn't specify what he thought it was ,but i;m assuming he things it;s a double die, a great example of extreme machine doubling. I must say no value like I said in my post. I do save some of these , when they are interesting enough, and can be seen by the naked eye like this one. I know some of these bring some value, but not much , I personally think the extreme ones will catch on to some collectors eventually even if there not hub doubling ,but when there like this one there cool to hang on to. So keep some of the extreme one's if you find them. just my opinion Jazzcoins Joe
I bought a LMC set of uncirulated from 1959 to 2007. I love to look through these little blue whitman folders, hoping that Karma wants to reward me for my efforts. Here is one I found , machine doubling, but also one I will keep in my collection. I know it has little monetary value,but I doubt I could ever find another, and the pleasure of finding it was worth the cost Still more to look at in that folder! I wonder if this is "machine tripling" ? Jim
Yes it is machine tripling the die was really loose ,and bounce backed up three times ,like there are triple hub dies ,there also are these. cool coin Jazzcoins Joe
Thanks for the info, I never can quite tell what the coins are when it comes to the double dies and the grading
Either that or they forgot to turn the heat up in the Mint and the Mint Employee was shivering while holding the lever on the Press! Brrrrr! :goofer: Frank
Jim, Yeah--what's that called, "die chatter"? It's a fun one...pretty dramatic and I think I've seen this on 70-S Lincolns before...I'm always checking this date. :smile
Yes that's machine doubling alright you could tell by the metal the way it was hit and it was hit down three times. Jazzcoins Joe
