1960 Small Over Large Date

The '0' in the date is so much larger on this variety. That is the best way to tell if you have it or not.




On your coin, I agree (what I can see) it looks like Machine damage to the coins devices after the strike. The zero in the date is nowhere near the size if would be on the doubled dies.

Personally, I think this coin looks pretty good for coming from a dank roll...

Thank you everyone for your comments. I am already learning so much from being here such a short time. I did go and purchase the cherrypickers guide as suggested. Thanks again.

Machine doubling, Strike Doubling, stutter strike and machine damage are all the same thing. I prefer Machine damaged, as nothing is doubled. After the normal strike the die hops/slides/moves and reduces the devices with damage. When you look at this closely you can the devices are reduced after the strike. The die is a normal. On hub doubling (doubled dies) the die is doubled. On MD it is a normal die that that after the strike happens it damages the devices on the coin.





You can shh how the devices are damaged after the strike on this coin. (proof coin)

Thank you coop so much for your descriptive answer!

When I first started collecting I was soley into varietys/errors. Before I knew the difference between Strike Doubling and hub doubling I would take in coins practically every week to show the owner & employees my new "rare varietys" at the local coin shop. It got so bad that the manager gave me literature on doubling printed off the computer and sold me cherry pickers at a generous discount so I wouldnt annoy them with constant facevalue modern circulated coins. We laugh about it now and looking back I never got a feeling from anyone that I was annoying when indeed if I was behind that counter and the roles were reversed I would want to pull my hair out. Lets just say I'm a loyal customer in part for them putting up with me in my first year of taking an interest in numismatics.