Yeah, it looks like what I've seen. I don't know the value of a 2018 doubled ear cent, as it has been newly discovered. Here is a post on a different coin forum which supports it being a DDO: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=352509 And here is one on cointalk... Has bad pictures and people think its a die chip. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=352509 And here it is on variety vista. http://www.varietyvista.com/01e LC Doubled Dies Vol 5/2018DDDO001.htm I personally think its a doubled ear, but lets see what other people have to say.
Here is the attribution list. Your images do not show the markers, so you need to study the marker listed to ascertain stage A or B http://varietyvista.com/01e LC Doubled Dies Vol 5/2018DDDO001.htm
What does the price guide say? But they are. Those are just different sets of pictures helping identify the die stage it's in.
The 'blob' attached to the ear lobe doesn't have the same shape nor the same angles, and since the rest of area seems somewhat different in texture, I will not say it is a single squeeze doubled die. Others will I have no doubt, so best towards them and I am sorry if others may accumulate them thinking they will retire wealthy ....good luck. Jim
I like that. It's accurate and descriptive. I wish everybody used that terminology to describe these finds. When we're just calling them "doubled dies," we're spreading confusion. If anything, these are more related to strike doubling than die doubling. The only resemblance they have to dies is that's where the doubling occurred, it didn't occur in the striking of the coins, but in the hubbing stage, the squeezing of the dies.
The position of the doubling is indicative of the single squeeze doubling. Consider the 2009 DDRs of Lincoln's thumb/finger. They have the distorted appearance too, but it's attributable to those features. I agree it's misshapen but it looks to be doubling. Paradigm shifts are generally hard to make. The most entrenched paradigms require centuries to eliminate and replace. From the purist's perspective using the old paradigm for die production, you make a valid point. But the paradigm shifted...new set of rules and boundaries. Relative to the new paradigm, it's doubling. Just my opinion of course.
