My First DD!!!!!

So after suggesting on another thread that thrift stores might be a good place to go to find coins (purses) I decided to take my own advice. I went to my local thrift and came away with a total of 27 coins. Out of the several i found these three interesting ones including MY FIRST DOUBLE DIE!!!!! (Take that you stupid MD).

First one is a nice and shinny 1975 Penny that was tucked away in a purse pocket for a looon looong time. (Pic doesn't do it justice as i can see some steps under magnification)

Second one is 1990 MD error, so cool (Top Left)

Third one (drum roll please) 1982 (Small Date thanks to @furryfrog02 ) Doubled Die Reverse.

 

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You say the 82 is a DDO but you are showing the close up of a reverse that has MD. I'm a bit confused. Have you matched your coin to any of them listed on coppercoins or anywhere else?

Also the in the picture is a small date, FYI.

Nice pics btw

 

Yeah, I was so excited lol you are right it is the reverse not the obverse. DONT'T TELL ME THE MD!! I matched it to another to make sure it was doubling and it is almost identical. I thought if it followed the curve of the letter it was for sure a DD??? Please don't tell me i am wrong

 

Furry is correct.

 

Would it be easier for you guys if I just stood still while you two take turns punching me in the gut?

 

Would you prefer we lie?

 

No, but punching sounds less painful than full out disappointment

IM GOING TO FIND A TRUE DD IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!!

 

Check out the first couple of pics in this thread, gives you an idea of the difference between MD and DD. Hope this helps.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/example-photos-of-coin-mint-errors-and-varieties.312385/

 

So the MD (ugh) is on every letter on the reverse, is there a classification for that or just plain MDR?

 

@furryfrog02

 

Mean! but....yeah

 

Regardless you will have a nice collection of purses.

 

I gotta ask....

are you walking around the thrift store, rummaging through the purses, and grabbing any loose change you find in them? Or are you buying these purses, and then going through them.

In either case....

 

Lemme "ax" you - why is finding a true DD important to you? I want to understand this fairly recent trend, and so far, I simply don't. Why do I get the sinking feeling that YouTube is part of this story?

 

So that you know what a true 1982 DDR looks like...

 

I actually asked for permission and they were ok with it. Since i suggested that to someone looking for a new avenue I figured I'd give it a try myself.

 

No, nothing to do with youtube. I just keep going through all my change I have collected over the years (around $2,500 to 3,000) in change....thats a lot to go through but so far all I ever see are "die chips", "off set strikes", and rim "Cuds". Then I thought I found a DD on a quarter and was told by the experienced on here that it was MD...so I learned what MD was and added those to my collection. The one thing I don't have yet is a DD, yes i can buy one but I find it more satisfying if "I" find it. In short my catalogue of coins is getting big "at least for me" so i really want to classify everything correctly so as not to have to go back. Look, when my dad passed away I inherited a collection of Coca-Cola collectibles so I thought maybe one day I can have a nice collection of something to pass on to my kids, it just so happens i ended up liking coins more than i thought.

 

Now that’s a beauty! I have a whole box of these I can look through some day when I’m bored. I pull them out while I’m hunting and wrap them up.

 

If you've searched through that many coins, especially if in part later memorial cents, I can promise you that a number of accepted doubled dies have crossed through your hands, albeit very minor ones. You just need to know what to look for.

 

Agreed, so far I just separate each one by year as i do a cursory check. Then i separate the ones that have issues I could see, these are the ones i take pictures of and catalogue. The ones that I couldn't see anything on at first glance I will go through again while looking at coin databases to see what to look for. This will take some time lol If you have a better way I'd take any advice you have to share.