Hi folks. I was wondering what opinions would be on this 1965 5c with CCW doubling. I have left the images uncropped and at full size so you can click on them to see in detail. There are split serifs on several elements, and doubling all the way around: E PLURIBUS UNUM, MONTICELLO, FIVE CENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. On the 1983D 1c, the MM caught my eye right away. after a close look, I wonder if it is an RPM. Also there are some type of raised elements above D of GOD, and both T's of TRUST. Input, as always, is welcome. Thank you.
the 83 is a nice find , but most doubling looks like machine doubling it has a clean look to it tho.. did you find it in o/m package??
An old man responded to one of my ads. He brought me a cigar box full of old coin tubes for appraisal/offer. He said his wife had saved them; that she had been saving them long ago but the cigar box has been sitting untouched in the top shelf of a closet for over 40 years. There were mostly wheat cents (25 rolls), a roll of silver dimes, and two rolls of nickels. On the spot, I told him that I usually pay $3-$4 per roll of wheats unsearched. But if he wanted me to go through each roll looking for key dates it would take some time and then, presuming most were all common dates, I'd only offer $2/roll. He accepted those terms and left them with me for 2 days to pore over in search of a key. I didn't find any key dates. But in addition to the wheats and roll of silver dimes there were about two dozen war nickels, about a dozen common date buffs in decent condition as well as two really nice 1965 nickels (one is the one pictured here), a few nice nickels from the early 50's, and a bunch of circulated pre-war Jefferson nickels. I brought his cigar box back to him, and said that if he took the time to sell everything with good photos, he might get around $100-$120 total, but a little at a time. Then I offered $80 for everything outright, telling him that he was welcome to get other offers before he decided. He figured it would take more effort than it was worth between time and gas for the difference and accepted my $80 offer.
Looking here: http://www.briansvarietycoins.com/shop/cat/3 as directed from Wexler's site, I wonder why every year has a listing for a doubled die of some sort except 1965 & 1966. Why is that?
