Good afternoon all After doing research attempting to learn about die doubling I started to look back over my coins to see if I could educate myself and maybe find one in my collection. the pictures of the Jefferson nickel below show thickness of some of the letters and numbers on the coin especially the top of the 5 in 1985. Could machine doubling also cause this or have I actually found something this time? No varieties on variety vista so maybe I’m clutching at straws here lol. Any help as always is much appreciated 1985 d nickel DDO? by Darren Edwards posted Sep 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM 1985 d nickel DDO? by Darren Edwards posted Sep 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM 1985 d nickel DDO? by Darren Edwards posted Sep 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM 1985 d nickel DDO? by Darren Edwards posted Sep 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM 1985 d nickel DDO? by Darren Edwards posted Sep 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM
That makes sense, think I may of jumped the gun again before thinking a bit harder about what I was looking at lol.
As Wexler also show no entries it is very unlikely. The pronounced radial flow lines show a very worn die which will cause spreading of the devices EDIT @Inspector43 beat me to it
I suppose when looking for a double die the brain sees what it wants to lol. A worn die makes perfect sense, still a pretty nice condition coin for its age but will be going back in a roll to the bank on Tuesday and trading for the next search
Wexler's nickel attributions are actually done by Brian Ribar. Wexler does not do nickels. So it's always best to look at Brian's listings also as John has been ill and not up to date on a regular basis. He has also parceled out a lot of work to other people. Not in this case but new varieties are found a fairly regular basis so never give up the hunt.
I think just about everyone who started looking for doubled dies without first reading about how they are created saw them everywhere, LOL. There are very few double dies that need high magnification to see that have much value, even though it is good to find one and keep it for future reference. Keep looking, it is fun and they are out there.
I only use satellite with a very fast download speed, problem is, however fast your system is, if you have been on a page for a bit and don't refresh the page now and again you can;t see any new posts to it because the CT system has a bit of delay in it when issuing alerts. But no problem, a consensus of opinion to a genuine posters question is all good
I sometimes get so engrossed in reading the other posts, and then composing a reply, that I often forget (actually, should say, fail to. I don't like the forget word nearing my 60th birthday, lol) to refresh the page to see if any new posts have been made to the page.
The correct numismatic terminology is Doubled Die.. Not double die. Big difference. See the cover of this magazine?
