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gorebug New Member Canada 37 Posts	Posted 09/18/2012 12:05 am Just started getting back into the hobby (as an adult now) and found this image after taking some pictures of my CRH finds. Is this one of the doubled 1953's? And is the doubling along the bottom of the leaves common? Or are my rookie eyes misleading me? Here, as a control, is an image of another 1953 taken under identical lighting (although better focus): Thanks for your help! Edited by gorebug 09/18/2012 12:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

chwkboy Valued Member Canada 118 Posts	Posted 09/18/2012 12:23 am Nice coin. I can see doubling on the 95 in the date as well all along the bottom of the leaves. Great find. I don't know how common it is but it is definitely a keeper. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 09/18/2012 02:02 am The doubling is progressive, where it can be almost to the same offset as the 1962 doubled dates. I will try to post a photo sometime later this week. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 09/24/2012 12:14 am As promised, here is my doubled 953. Sorry for the photography, it is hard to shoot the date doubling through ICCS plastic. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 09/24/2012 8:08 pm No apologies needed, SPP, the photo is beautifully clear! Now while the doubling is very noticable on all 3 numbers in your photo, the doubling on the 9 and the 3 is thinner -- how noticable is it in real life under a regular magnifying glass? What magnification do you use to spot these errors? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure I would've seen it myself with my 5x glass. I know there are 10 and 25x glasses as well, but are they the right magnification to see everything I should? Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 08:52 am I use a 10x loupe (triplet lens) for almost everything... part of what you are seeing here, is the lighting - look at the top of the three, it has a lot of offset, the nine, less so. It is progressive Die Deterioration, so you can find the doubled 3 and doubled 53 as well as the doubled 953. Also, Machine Doubling damage (MDD) can occur, which I think the first coin in this thread exhibits. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 09/25/2012 08:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 7:13 pm Thanks for the info, SPP. I'll buy a 10x as soon as I can find one. I love progressive Die Deterioration errors of all kinds, and I've got to agree that that stronger glass will help me spot the details with more accuracy. Report this Post to the Staff
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