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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3038763, member: 36230"]On late memorial cents, perhaps 1996-97 on, one can quite easily find what is accepted "<i>doubling</i>" on the reverse. It usually takes the form of a little blip just to the left or right of Lincoln's statue or less commonly on the statue itself. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just as examples, open the link below and check out WDDRs 3-10 among others...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://doubleddie.com/747255.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://doubleddie.com/747255.html" rel="nofollow">http://doubleddie.com/747255.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins displaying this type of "doubling" are very common and to the point that I'd be very surprised if you searched more than a handful of solid date-range rolls without finding at least one. However, instead of using known examples and trying to find coins that match, you would be better off simply searching for this type of doubling simply because there are surely many, many that have yet to be attributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point in suggesting this is twofold. For starters it will allow you to finally and easily find an accepted "doubled die" (single squeeze coins being doubled dies is open to debate) in the wild, but it's also very good at helping to train your eye. Good luck either way. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and [USER=17665]@tommyc03[/USER] is quite familiar with these and may be able to add to the above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3038763, member: 36230"]On late memorial cents, perhaps 1996-97 on, one can quite easily find what is accepted "[I]doubling[/I]" on the reverse. It usually takes the form of a little blip just to the left or right of Lincoln's statue or less commonly on the statue itself. Just as examples, open the link below and check out WDDRs 3-10 among others... [url]http://doubleddie.com/747255.html[/url] Coins displaying this type of "doubling" are very common and to the point that I'd be very surprised if you searched more than a handful of solid date-range rolls without finding at least one. However, instead of using known examples and trying to find coins that match, you would be better off simply searching for this type of doubling simply because there are surely many, many that have yet to be attributed. My point in suggesting this is twofold. For starters it will allow you to finally and easily find an accepted "doubled die" (single squeeze coins being doubled dies is open to debate) in the wild, but it's also very good at helping to train your eye. Good luck either way. :) Oh, and [USER=17665]@tommyc03[/USER] is quite familiar with these and may be able to add to the above.[/QUOTE]
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