Hey all. Been away for a while. Good to post again. I recently went back home (MO) for a death in the family. My dad, who knows I love coins, made sure to give me some Lincoln rolls while I was home. I normally drift towards Morgans but as they are becoming more and more for the deep-pocketed collectors I've found myself really liking Lincolns. I searching these rolls which are ABSOLUTLEY STUNNING! Brilliant red with amazing luster. So heres my question: What do they mean wehn they say "Strong spread on LIBERTY", or "Medium spread on IN GOD WE TRUST"? Is this how far apart the devices are or in other words how severe the doubling is? So far I've only seen 58s and 56-Ds. Thanks for any help! :eat:
While I'm sure others will come along with better info than I can provide, here are two sites that I haven't used myself but may get you started: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/index.html http://www.coppercoins.com/
Good question. Treashunt, thanks for the answer. I'm not really into Doubled Dies, so both the question AND answer are new to me. I assume a 1955DDO would be at the top end of "strong spread".
Welcome back home ER !! Wow, red Lincoln rolls, great. Both sites recomended are great sites, and yes, it is lettering spread/rotation on doubled dies. Jack...PM's me if your going to Tucson for the big show end of this month
Great. Thanks a lot! AZ Jack, I can only assume you will be at the show in March? Looking forward to it!
They are referring to how separated the doubling on a doubled die is, and it really doesn't seem to mean anything at all. I see a lot of doubled dies that Potter or Wexler or the other doubled die experts post in various periodicals with a lot things like "Nice spread on IGWT" or "Widely separated on LIBERTY>" and I look at the images and say "Where??? All I see is slight notching on the serifs!" I think on a lot of modern doubled dies "strongly separated" means it doesn't take more than a 5X glass to see it.
