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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1730137, member: 44079&quot;]Waxerguy, yours is the only example showing what I expect to see when someone speaks of a double strike.&nbsp; It is very clear to my old eyes looking at the 1955 that a doubling occurred.&nbsp; &lt;That is in fact the specific penny I have been looking for for over 50 years and have never once found.&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; But very sadly, I can (and did) stare at LostDutchman&#039;s example for several minutes and I still don&#039;t see doubling.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Smearing, I will give you smearing, but not doubling.&nbsp; Which raises to me the question of how can we tell a mint smeared coin from a post mint damage elsewhen in the coin&#039;s history?&nbsp; Looks to me just like someone dropped something heavy on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is I see four or five of similar &#039;smeared&#039; pennies almost every day.&nbsp; Filled in Ds and Ss too which someone else somewhere said is a mint error, but to me could have been someone tapping the mint mark with something heavy and hard.&nbsp; How on earth are we supposed to tell mint process error damage from post mint damage on a worn circulated coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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