So I have only just begun to learn about error coins, so I could really use some help , to understand if this is a 1995 d double die penny , or if it is something else. I have googled myself crazy looking at pictures and reading articles. So any clarification as to if it is or isn't, and how to identify properly, would be so wonderfully appreciated. I will post several pictures ......
Your Cent is a Copper Plated Zinc Cent.. When the Die gets overused and worn you will see doubling on the date. This is referred to as DDD - Die Deterioration Doubling. It has nothing to do withh Hub Doubling referred to as a Doubled Die.
Hard to tell from the photos, but it might also be the copper coating 'splitting' apart - a very very common occurance.
Why? It's not a true Doubled Die. Best thing is to use your cellphone camera. Take a nice picture not to close. Then use a picture cropping app to just crop the coin and then it will be enlarged.
@Karen Hubbard, I like how you've got the three coins lined up, I used to do that, too, just like that. What you have is nothing, however you want to diagnose it. It's simply a consequence of how that planchet took that strike by that die.
Here is an example. I took an old picture of coins I metal detected then just cropped the center coin.
The 1995 DDO (doubled die obverse) that has some value looks like this (pic from PCGS Coinfacts) You don't have this coin
Hi Karen. Karen here!! Alot of coins look doubled. Most coins produced have some type of machine doubling. Keep trying as i do also. Most at coin talk will help you. Just remember one thing. If members tell you it's not a doubled die. Believe. They know their stuff. So keep on with the chace. The fun and rewards are great. Plus some interesting conversations. Wait till you meet green18 or kurt. They crack me up. Have fun and keep digging. Karen. Aka Cheech
Hello @Karen Hubbard Welcome to CT! The type of doubling you have is common. You will find many coins that exhibit Die Deterioration Doubling some very lightly like yours and others very pronounced like my coin. You would not think the second coin image is the same type of error. Check out doubledies.com Hope this helps, Reed
