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New Member
United States
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Hello I would like to ask on this coin I found why does it have a double 9 on top of each other & a double 11 The first 1 on left is single & clear. The end 1 is like the 9 doubled layered. I don't understand how only 2 numbers in a single date can be layered. Please Advise  Edited by Plainduck
08/14/2022 11:48 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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@plain, first welcome to CCF. Second, that looks like Machine Doubling on the date. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to the CCF! What ever you do, DO NOT CLEAN THIS COIN!! If the rest of the coin is this nice it could be worth several hundred dollars. Cleaning it can make it shiny, but destroy any collectable value. If you could post full images of the coin, obverse and reverse, we would love to see this RARE Lincoln Cent! ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Probably not worth that much, but pics would help. to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree with all above. This example could be a good album hole filler until better comes along--'31 S coins don't pop up every day.
Full, large and sharp pics of the obverse and reverse could tell us more.
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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...got a good start with a key date Lincoln...get an album and fill the rest up.  with the others that your '31-S is a case of Machine Doubling (MD). KK |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Please post full coin photos of obverse and reverse . Also how you came to find this key date coin .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reason Machine Doubling may occur on only some devices is that the die is convex. After the strike, as the die separates from the coin, it does so first at the edges. During a fraction of a second that separation proceeds toward the center. If the coin or die shifts only during part of the separation, only part of the coin will exhibit Machine Doubling, thereby creating something like the digit 9 on your coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe it's just my phone but that 3 doesn't look right.
Like the font is wrong.
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We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
Edited by Petespockets55
08/15/2022 5:04 pm
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United States
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This looks like MD to me as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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How about some full size pics?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I will like to see full picture of this coin observe and reverse. I see is BR. This coin is not an hole filler, is one a few most rare cents of the period. Only 800K strike and survive estimation only a few thousands (less then 5000)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with the others that question the coins authenticity.
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United States
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Posted 08/14/2022 11:26 pm
