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I gave a friend of mine a list of coins that had hub doubling etc. that he should set aside as he was searching for copper and wheats. We found a 2000 WAM, a 94 DDR and no less than NINE of these. These coins were pulled from a change jar in Texas. There were a bunch of these bright red shiny '84 cents and a bunch turned out to have some doubling. I'm faily confident but can you confirm my identification and also maybe pose a theory on how we found so many together. Thanks      
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Bedrock of the Community
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Appears to be Machine Doubling, but the notching on LIBERTY makes it confusing. But on the big one for that year doesn' have the notching on the tops of the devices of LIBERTY. http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/...ie_state=mdsBut more is involved on a doubled die. The devices on the link above enlarge the devices. I don't see that on your images. The reason so many are found together is probably they came from a roll/rolls that were OBW rolls. If they are machine doubled, the doubling should be different from coin to coin in the slightest. If they are a doubled die, then they should all be exactly the same. Here is an example:  When looking at these images, they are all different but are from the same die as you can see a common marker on each coin. (NW/SE die scratch) So if you could compare the examples to each other and see if all have the same exact notching on LIBERTY that might help with that information. There are cases where a coin can be machine doubled and a doubled die. But I would like for this information first and see if they reveal something about the batch of coins. Coop
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with coop."LIBERTY" looks interesting in the photo.Perhaps Mr.Daughtrey needs to have a look.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looking at the obverse image, the coin appears to be normal sized devices.
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Thanks for the feedback. Now, I'm not so sure. I tried to put pictures side by side of each of the coins. They don't look exactly the same but at least some of it is because of my photography skills. I numbered the pics if you'd like to see more of a particular one. I took another look at number 5 (middle one). I'm seeing notching all over the place on that one. Does this one look like machine douling? Thanks again.     
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Bedrock of the Community
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Try placing the light at 12:00 on your next batch of images. I think the side angle direction of the LIBERTY is reflecting strange. Notice on these image how the overal device looks wider. It is at 12:00 on the date. The WE the light is at 6:00. But normally I use 12:00 position for the lighting. (The light is fixed on my scope. I achieve the different light directions by rotating the coin.) 
Edited by coop 03/25/2012 3:30 pm
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I think whats going on with this coin is youre having some split plating issues along with mechanical doublings.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The lighting is probably making too much show. With a single light source you can get light and shadows. The light makes it all look light. The full size image shlw that nothing is hub doubled, but when you scan in it appears differently. A hands on might be better on this. Send me a private message and I'll see if we could set that up? Coop
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The coin in question in this thread was struck by a die suffering from deterioration. The "doubling" you see is slightly recessed on the coin - a shadow effect - on the outside of the devices. This is one of a number of ways that die wear manifested itself in early zinc cents. It is very common and carries no premium value.
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I see what looks like notch marks on the 1 and 9 and 4. Neat coin. I would send it to coop to look at. Let us know what you find out. John1 
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