1996 Little Wild Ones 50 Cent Coins, Question & Possible DDR

I thought this coin would get at least a few responses by now, but I just thought I would add to this.

I started looking into how proof dies are used and what they can cause if the second or third strike is misaligned or pivoted and my conclusion is if there is evidence of doubling from a second or third strike it would present itself as what is known as "flat field doubling". However, what you see in these photos is not flat field doubling and you can actually see the splits and notches from the die being doubled.

If you look at these photos again (better lighting) you will see the second device and the splitting fairly clear.







These photos below are of the words beneath the designs of the reverse. You can clearly see double letters.






There was a mintage of 172,377 per coin in the 4 piece little wild one's proof set according to the Royal Canadian Mint.

From my understanding, proof dies were changed out a lot more frequently than standard circulation dies. Thus bringing me to the conclusion that all 4 coins in this set could very well be a Doubled Die Reverse since each die was only used for a short period of time before it was retired and replaced with a new one.

Also, I would like to add that the doubling can be easily spotted with a loupe, my close-ups are just so nobody has to zoom in.

silverwolf,
I have no interest in trying to sell them, especially if they are doubled die reverse coins. I had another set that I did sell but it did not show the doubling you see in the photos. The only coins I sell are the ones that I have no interest in having in my collection.

With that said, regardless of if people have an interest in them or if they have any monetary value I simply want to know if what I am seeing is legitimate doubling. I feel confident that it is but I could also be missing something during the production of proof dies and the striking of them.

The coin is definitely a doubled die error, not the coexistence of the doubling, this happens only when a positive strikes a blank surface twice, if it were double struck, the doubling would be flattened, but the matte finish is on both of the 'letters' of each device. Awesome find.

SP67,
that is exactly the same as mine.

If you have the 4 coin set you should check out the rest, all 4 of mine have various doubling in "CANADA" and "50 CENTS 1996".

As shown in the previous postes, the moose version shows probably the most strongest DDR signature on that set.

After inspecting the 3 others, I found small DDR on the Bear and Duck version. Nothing special with the Lynx.

Here the pictures.

Silver 50 cents - Bear



silver 50 cents - Duck