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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 68866, member: 1242&quot;]shatsi,</p><p><br /></p><p>You find doubled die coins by searching thousands and thousands of coins that hopefully have never been searched before! Before you waste a lot of time looking at coins over and over that you think may be doubled dies, purchase some good reference books on doubled dies and learn the characteristics of all of the forms of Doubled Die Doubling. The &quot;CherryPicker&#039;s Guide to Rare Die Varieties&quot; has a complete section dedicated to the Classes of Doubled Dies. The &quot;Price Guide to Error Coins&quot; (I think that is the name of the book) has some information as well but is not quite as good. I do not own one yet but the books by Wexler on Doubled Die Lincoln Cents may have some good information.</p><p><br /></p><p>While some forms of Doubled Die doubling (as in famed 1955-P Lincoln Cent which is a Class I Doubled Die) is fairly easy to distinguish, other forms are extremely hard to tell. Class VI Doubled Dies are a good example of a hard one to tell as the doubling shows mainly as an extra thickness on some or all of the lettering and/or date with or without a hint of Split Serifs. The main thing is to learn quickly on being able to distinguish Machine Doubling (or Strike Doubling) from actual Doubled Die doubling.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck...Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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