Heard Of A Double Die On A 1835 Half Cent ?

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botar New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 6:46 pm Hi all, new guy here. I have a coin that I noticed has what looks like letters underneath letters in Half Cent. Did this kind of thing happen back in this era of coin minting ? Did I run into something very valualbe here ? I think the coin would grade at least an AU50. I can't post pictures because they are 1.8 MB. Maybe I can compress these ? they are jpg's. Any comments appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 11:04 pm Many times the dies jumped and you get some doubling. This reverse die does exhibit clash marks, maybe that's what you are seeing? Need pics. KK Report this Post to the Staff
botar New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 6:34 pm Thx KK, I resized my images to 38 KB and they are normal jpg files with normal addresses. Can't figure out why I keep getting the 3 possible errors message. Thx for the reply. I asked for some help and will include pics as soon as I figure it out. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24192 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 6:53 pm Please post the filename your using and the exact error message your getting. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
botar New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 8:04 pm sorry, I don't see any link to add images like there was when I initiated the post. Guess I can start a new thread if there's no other way to show you the error messages, thx Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24192 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 8:09 pm The same links are there every single time you post using the reply to topic link. You cannot use the quick reply box. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
botar New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 08/13/2011 3:48 pm Hi , it seemed to have worked this time, guess that's all that's important The "H" "L" & "F" do look like they were smeared in the die process as you mentioned. Would that cause the shadowing of the letters underneath that looks like it could have been stamped twice ? Does this make the coin more valuable ? Do you think it would grade as an AU55 or 58 ? thx botar Report this Post to the Staff
Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 08/13/2011 4:06 pm I'm guessing that the smearing of the letters is post minting. Everything else around those letters look OK. It does look like an AU coin but if those letters are post minting damage the that drops it. KK Report this Post to the Staff
botar New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 08/13/2011 5:01 pm I would think that if it was post minting damage there would be accompanying gouges nearby. About the doubling look, it is much more visible through a 15X glass. Each letter has a shadow below part of it. Maybe I can get a magnified picture to show it better. thx Report this Post to the Staff
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