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These two Lincoln cents are probably both Mechanical Doubling: a 1970-S and a 1943. I was hoping they weren't but I have been checking around - I was surprised to discover that Mechanical Doubling could be so varied. I thought it was more localized, maybe just the date. With this '43 it affected everything, all outside devices and the portrait; the '70 at first, to me, mimicked the '60 sm/lg date. I have now seen another similar '43, and then a comparable '95 demonstrating extreme Mechanical Doubling; I have also heard, though don't know first hand, that late sixties and early seventies Lincolns were prone to the doubling seen on this '70-S. If I'm wrong, let me know...        |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Based on CONECAs website, the 43's date does not have the thickness for DD. Nice doubling in the lettering, though. The 72 looks like simple doubling.
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Both are Machine Doubling. Flattened down, shelf like, and takes up the normal width of the letters and makes them thinner than they should be. Basing whether they are doubled dies on what doubled dies are listed is not correct thinking. It's the characteristics on the coin alone that tell one way or the other. If you base whether a coin is a doubled die on what's already listed some place there's no chance you'll recognize a new discovery or an unlisted variety. Always important - learn what makes them look different. Don't just go by whether your coin compares to a listed variety. |
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When I saw them in person for the first time (yes I bought them, not for a lot but still) I was like oh crap, this isn't right is it? My reason for uploading images as I felt another set of eyes would be able to let me know if there was something here or not. Apparently not. But it always good to see these things first hand and gain further knowledge for the future. Over this weekend I have seen a number of similar images of coins like this, well not so much the '70-S, but the '43. It has taking some searching and I wish some of these Mechanical Doubling images were complied somewhere as counter to all the wonderful resources that would point you in the right direction (such as Coppercoins.com!). Maybe there is and I am not aware of it... It's unfortunate that the coin market is so complicated and there are so many uniformed (and I guess sometime dishonest) sellers and buyers. I can see this forum, and others, have resources that'd keep you in the loop, but I should have joined a while ago as should many, many others. Thanks for looking at my post and giving some feedback! Edited by jcuve
04/21/2008 10:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
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on the 43's a lot of them look doubled when they are actually reprocessed. the reprocessing makes them look like a DD but it is just the plating
Gary
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Both are MD's.
Nice try.
Better luck next time.
But, keep on looking, ya never know.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Again, the proper term is Machine Doubling. There is no such term of "Mechanical Doubling." I like the full description: MDD. It shows what they really are: Machine Doubled Damage. |
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Posted 04/21/2008 09:05 am
