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Pillar of the Community
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When it comes to double struck coins it's all about eye appeal. Even with the spot of corrosion I find this one to have well above average appeal and is quite different from most double struck coins. 1950 Lincoln Wheat cent mint error - doubled struck both strikes off center   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's really cool, TB!
P.S. When I saw the title, I thought that it would be some noob posting a hammer job.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Y'know I gotta post a good one once in a while to keep you honest!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That alignment is eye catching on those strikes, very nice example.
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Pillar of the Community
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Moderator
United States
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very nice dual off-centers - and with a full date to boot!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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A beauty! Isn't that known as a saddle strike?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6132 Posts |
A saddle strike is a coin struck twice at the same time by two different adjacent dies. I'm not totally familiar with the set up from this era but just doesn't seem like a saddle strike from what I am seeing.
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Pillar of the Community
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Moderator
United States
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Fantastic eye appeal. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19404 Posts |
Don't see these every day...cool!
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent example!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6132 Posts |
Thanks all! It's just different enough that it really caught my eye when I saw it. It's both the way the coins are aligned plus so often when both strikes are off center neither is near the 50% off zone.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Awesome error coin!  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect this is a saddle strike. The gap between the two off-center strikes seems to match those of other early cent saddle strikes. The face-to-back orientation is also seen in some early saddle strikes. The unstruck interval between the two strikes seems slightly convex on the obverse and slightly concave on the reverse. The only discrepancy is the narrow slide zone on the larger strike. Saddle strikes usually lack a slide zone (although there are exceptions). On balance, this would seem to be a saddle strike. The earliest cent saddle strike I know of is from 1949.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Moderator
United States
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Excellent explanation Mike! Thank you.
So I take it that these coin presses have multiple dies to create multiple coins on each strike?
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Posted Yesterday 11:34 pm
