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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2991727, member: 36230"]Perhaps a better descriptor would be "common".</p><p><br /></p><p>As for doubled dies, there are numerous known for 1972 and better photos would be necessary to say for sure if you have anything (although what I can see doesn't suggest anything beyond the same remote possibility any cent of this date has). Also, you need to understand that there is a form of doubling exceptionally common on 72s from each of the mints, and is referred to as "master doubling". Basically what this means is that a master die displayed doubling that was then transferred to the working, resulting in said doubling being displayed on every coin such working dies produced. It has been estimated that over 50% of 1972 cents display this, so it is something you <i>will</i> encounter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2991727, member: 36230"]Perhaps a better descriptor would be "common". As for doubled dies, there are numerous known for 1972 and better photos would be necessary to say for sure if you have anything (although what I can see doesn't suggest anything beyond the same remote possibility any cent of this date has). Also, you need to understand that there is a form of doubling exceptionally common on 72s from each of the mints, and is referred to as "master doubling". Basically what this means is that a master die displayed doubling that was then transferred to the working, resulting in said doubling being displayed on every coin such working dies produced. It has been estimated that over 50% of 1972 cents display this, so it is something you [I]will[/I] encounter.[/QUOTE]
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