Hi again everyone. Still new to the Lincoln Cents, especially errors, so any info is good knowledge. I searched coppercoins and Coneca for this one, and the markers are there to indicate a possibility. What do the pros think?
I like the doubling in the date. Especially because the doubling changes, the distance between the number and its double, as you work toward the outside of the coin. Better pictures needed.
Ya it's tricky at the moment. I'm unfortunately working with a magnifying glass and my phone for the night. Its MS state flame red/blue toned as well which doesn't help..not that I'm complaining! Any suggestions on getting better photos?
It is not a doubled die. It is incuse die deterioration doubling. Worth one cent. Here are some examples I photographed while searching.
Your pics seem to be clearly..engraved for lack of a better word? You can see on the 5 in my first pic of the date that it's raised because of the blue tone dot I think? I could most certainly be wrong, but the O in GOD also seems to be a whole other O under it. I'm not doubting it's not a DD based on my luck, but I wouldn't use incuse to describe it.
Are the ones in your pictures not considered any variety of a doubled die Tom? I would think those should count for something lol
Nope..... These are from worn dies. The features get distorted, and metal is raised on the die next to the numbers which causes a depression in the image of the digits. Worthless. I didn't keep the pennies. I just take pics so when people post coins like yours I can explain. If you want to look at some real 1995D doubled dies check these links. http://doubleddie.com/506234.html http://coppercoins.com/diesearch.php http://www.varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/DDO 1995-D.htm
Huh...that's crazy. I'll certainly be holding onto it again either way. It has the die gouge in his neck, doubling on top of his head, front of the vest, and the mark under liberty? Maybe it's not the prized DDO but there's a few variety's that make it worth keeping. Ohwell onto the next 50 rolls.
Im still having trouble thinking INCUSE is what happened here? It's clear as day that the blue in the 5 on the date is running flat along the surface, than raised up over the supposedly INCUSE marks. If it were in fact incuse..it would be dipping into and below the surface of the face, not raising above..correct? Does incuse mean something different with coin terminology? I mean, I'm not arguing it's something besides DD, but it would be easier to understand if it was incuse. I know it's hard to tell most of the time, but luckily the blue tone is a dead giveaway that you may be wrong on that one. No disrespect but simply blaming worn dies would be more understandable than using the term incuse.
I know this isn't the most clear picture BC it's zoomed in like crazy from the same picture. Correct me if I'm wrong, but under right under the definite 5 where the double in question meets up, wouldn't the curve of the blue line be inverted as well? It's curving to the right, wrapping AROUND the double. If it were in fact an incuse mark, it would curve inward toward the 9..right? Im just trying to straighten out your definition on what im looking at..
Sorry for all the DOUBLE pics lol it wasn't loading. But also in looking at the 5, the bottom of the double would also have the blue tone inverted. Instead of having the rounded outward look, wouldn't it be curved opposite and curving in towards the center?
Idk..to me it looks as if it was struck by a worn "bold" die, annealed, then struck again with a working die. Again, I'm just a new guy, but either way, physics tells me I'm 100% correct that it's not incuse, whatever the issue.
its die deterioration doubling and while searching cents you will find many many more of them, the blue under the 5 is zinc rot, the plating split and exposed the zinc core which is starting to corrode.... http://www.error-ref.com/?s=Die+Deterioration+Doubling+Incuse
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