So after finding a 1941 I decided to look at some more coins in the large bucket I received from my grandfather. I found this 1917 . Not sure if this is machine doubling. I’m new to collecting coins etc
It looks like it may possibly be this one: http://www.varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/DDO 1917.htm If you go to the website I posted the link to, and click on the date shown in Blue, it will open up to more areas of the coin that are doubled.
Awesome I’d also like to thank everyone that’s responded to my last 2 posts . I was concerned people would bash me and say to do a google search etc. (which I do). One question I have. Would I be smart to have these this and the 1941 ddo I found, graded ? They’re not in a high grade but was curious if it’s worth having a grading company confirm the ddo with the proper variety. Incase down the road I wanted to sell. What would you guys grade this 1917 based off the terrible pics ? I was thinking maybe VG ? But I’m very new to this hobby also
Neither Varietyvista or Wexler's doubleddie sites list a die scratch between the 1 and 7 as a die marker. FYI - Just as it sounds, a die scratch is a scratch in the die, usually from polishing. It is recessed in the die, which would make it raised on a struck coin. The scratch on your coin is recessed, which indicates it was damaged after it left the mint. Hope that helps
if this 1917 checks out as DDO-001, and you really got to pull up the info on it and make comparisons, I think grading might be worth considering, but up to you. the other one not so much but this one is harder to come by and has more value than the other. This one probably starts at $100 in the good range, and by VG10 can break $200 in auction. was one that sold at stacks and bowers auction in May, looking much worse than yours and was VG8 and sold for $95 when coins of a lower grade were selling for more, it was that much of a dog. kind of iffy on the grading, I don't like to do it if I feel it eats up too much of the value, it's expensive on a case by case basis, so it's more of a personal preference I guess whether to grade it or not. as far as variety attribution and authentication/verification though, might be best to save up 12 coins you want to do, and send them to ANACS on the special which is currently 12 coins for $119, and additional coins are $10 each. it's not the best third party grader for resale value of course, PCGS would be that, then NGC, but it's a low cost option to get a grade opinion, attribution verification and authentication, and encapsulation for like $10 each shipping of course, but with 12 coins or more that breaks out pretty low per slab also, so you get it done without breaking the bank. Anyways, that might be the way to go if Grandpa has another dozen or so hiding for you to find in there LOL! Something to look at, anacs.com. this special ends Nov. 30th, but they do various offers through the year here and there so if you miss it, there will be another if you decide to do it later and not in a hurry.
thank you very much for the info that anacs special seems plausible. I guess I should end my eBay listing where I’m selling these by the pound . And search through them. It’s a 5 gallon bucket of 1960 down. That’s a lot of searching in 22 days . With a 6 year old putting them in his piggy bank every time I leave the room . Lmao .
I mean as you go, and done looking you can always just list a pound here or there afterwards and keep your listing running as long as you got a pound ready to go.
I’ll post a few of the bucket before i search through I highly doubt I’ll ever finish these all. Give me a few to make a listing
