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Message:: [QUOTE="alurid, post: 4082643, member: 81991"]One of the greatest scandals in recent Numismatic history was the creation of the 1969-P "Double Die"cents. These were outright fabrications and are not to be confused with the legitimate 1969-S double die cents. The spread of the doubling on the 1969-P cents was so extreme that no engraver or coiner could have missed it, and its nearly inconceivable that such a die would have been placed in the press.When the counterfeit 1969-P DD cents were exposed, it led to an unfortunate situation in which the legitimate 1969-S double die cents were viewed with the same suspicion. In its zeal to stamp them out, the U.S. Secret Service seized several specimens of the 1969-S DDO coins from their owners and had them destroyed by the Mint. It even went so far as to provide photographs of the supposed counterfeits to The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, which ran them in its October 1970 issue. There is no indication that the Secret Service or the Mint ever admitted it's error, though no effort has been made since the 1970's to seize the few known specimens. From David W. Lange's  book "The Complete Guide To Lincoln Cents"[/QUOTE]