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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 826533, member: 4350&quot;]Doubled dies have value because the coins are struck by dies that were prepared incorrectly.&nbsp; That creates an identifiable die variety.&nbsp; A die variety is a limited item as one die can only last so long.&nbsp; Sometimes the messed up die is discovered and pulled from the press after only a few thousand coins are struck.&nbsp; That creates rarity that can be established to a degree as coins are discovered.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that even some die varieties can be out there in such numbers that their value is not so stratospheric.&nbsp; There are many 1995 DDO cents when compared to 1955 DDO cents so even a nicely doubled coin like the 1995 DDO can be purchased for a price much less than a 1955 DDO.&nbsp; The point....a die variety has specific attributes that lead back to a particular die or die pair and the values are based upon rarity.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Machine doubling,&nbsp; sometimes called machine doubling damage (damage is redundant) is a random effect seen on billions of coins and is not something attributable to particular dies.&nbsp; Essentially it is damage that occurs randomly for various reasons as a coin is struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it is technically damage and is as common as grains of sand at the beach,&nbsp; machine doubling has no rarity factor.&nbsp; Anyone looking through a roll of cents can find examples with machine doubling on them.&nbsp; No one with any knowledge of this will purchase a coin of this type and they are therefore, worthless.&nbsp; Some scammers on auction sites will list machine doubled coins as doubled dies and they are either clueless or crooked....but machine doubled coins are worthless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some folks collect them and there&#039;s nothing wrong with that if they happen to like the look of them.&nbsp; The truth though is that if the coin is a cent,&nbsp; the 2X2 holder it gets put in is worth more than the coin<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps,</p><p><br /></p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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