Been collecting over a year and still have a hard time telling the difference between a true doubled die and machine doubling, especially on the 1970's cents. Thoughts on this one? In the date, it almost looks like both machine doubling and doubled die, if that's even possible?
I don't see anything going on with yours. http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/dietype.php?date=1972&die_mint=p&die_type=do&page=0
It's just a smear of the characters, i.e., strike doubling, although it's a date that does have doubled dies.
Thanks for the input. Really thought I saw some rounded raised imprints, especially around "in God we", but stare at anything long enough and the mind sees Elvis and Jimmy Hoffa in Lincoln's face
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but is it possible to have md and dd on the same character? I keep seeing 3 marks on the 7 and 2 especially.
Do you see how that doubling is on both sides of that 7? On the 9, too? That's from a bounce. The die took a bad hop.
Yes. And quite frankly, some of the 1972/72 varieties are really, really, minor in the doubling area which could greatly affect the appearance of the doubling. Your photo's are really too blurry for any kind of accurate attribution. Try taking them at a high resolution instead of enlarging portions from your primary photo. The alternative is to send the coin to CONECA for accurate attribution if you feel strongly that its a doubled die. Simply follow the instructions on the CONECA Website: http://conecaonline.org/content/coneca_attributions.html
Thanks, and I apologize for the photo quality. In referencing the link http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1972&die_id=1972p1do004&die_state=eds Can you guys help me tell the difference in the two coins? Like I said I really struggle with the 70's series.
