Possible Mercury '36-S Double Die?

Yes but ,not much value to it unless you put it on Ebay
JC

 

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building a collection of error or die variety is not about potential profit margin. Albeit , you will pay a premium for these specimens and sometimes they go up in value and sometimes they go down , building your collection is the primary focus issue. And would it not be great to be one who discovers a first confirmed error or die variety ? Yeah baby!

 

Well, this coin is, unfortunately, going on the auction block, double die or not but if I can get it attributed as a double die by a reputable dealer or expert then that might add to its value significantly and help in this matter would be appreciated.

Ruben

 

That's a shame to see it go. Very nice strike. As far as the doubled die goes, I think it is just mechanical but I could be wrong. It's very minor if it is.

 

I stand by my original thoughts. There is zero evidence of the coin being a doubled die.

The images show very normal patterns associated with die wear. To start with, there would be a pattern of doubling on the coin and not just a few minor, maybes on certain letters. It "just don't work that way" You wouldn't get evidence of a doubled die on one letter here and one letter there without there being evidence of it someplace else.

Random effects are the result of die deterioration or machine doubling.

I often get questions pertaining to "die doubling" on one letter here and one letter there then maybe on one part of a number etc. and....It just doesn't happen that way.

Even on coins like the 1997 Doubled ear cent, we can see doubling in the hair so while many people aren't aware of it, there is a pattern of doubling that can be matched to other coins in order to attribute the coin as a DDO.

Random die doubling without a pattern elsewhere that can be identified is the reason why this coin is not a doubled die.

Thanks,
Bill



Thanks,
Bill

 

Your probably right, Bill, but FWIW, I think I see doubling on all the letters.

Ruben

 

I looked pretty carefully at the entire picture. There really is nothing there You need to understand the shape and the size of normal lettering. The L for example is normal in width and it has a hit on it. If the coin had a spread like that on the L if it were a doubled die, The I would have a notch equally as large and it doesn't. That would be the same with the other letters as well.

When I see a "good" one, I am always one of the first to say so. This coin looks like thousands of other Winged Liberty head Dimes that I've seen out there.

If you get a dealer to say it's a doubled die, it would be a dealer who doesn't know what a doubled die looks like, I'm sorry to say.

Even NGC recently sent a coin back to a person that I know stating that the coin was NOT the well known 1994 DDR Lincoln Cent seen in the CPG. They charged him and didn't slab the coin. He had to send it in a second time for them to get it right.

The point is that unless this is a particular area of study by a dealer or even a grader, they are often clueless as to what they are looking at.

That still doesn't take away from the fact that it is a nice 1936 S Dime.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Thanks Bill

I appreciate you taking the time to evaluate the coin for me.

Ruben

 

There is indications on the I that i see in these pics that is a posible doubled die and notched also it is not likely that the i is a hit from circulation as well as the L which you claim it to be. I have seen doubled dies were only two letters have been doubled that do exsist in the world of doubled dies. I still think Ruben it is a possible doubled die just my opinion .

JC