1986 LMC ~ S/S/S Or MD {numerous Photos}

Machine Doubling with an over abraided die.

looks really neat! I think it needs a closer look in hand by a third party

And unfortunately I have found on CCF that when a very reputable member makes statements of facts like this one, it is either ignored or argued against. If other members looked for opportunities to further their education in varieties, there are plenty on here that are willing to help.

So Broken Coin, how many decades have you spent collecting, studying, and learning all about RPMs?

I do need quite a bit of light when zooming in.

I would think a "split plating doubling" would show some zinc, then again, what do I know.





Seal006 ~ You may be pleased to know I started with the blue Whitman Cent folders some 50 years ago (when finding and spending IHC'c and Liberty Nickles was still popular), and as for RPMs and other die varieties, they have never done anything for me (lack of excitement) and this is why I collect errors and not die varieties (unless the variety is also a error [like my 1998 Wide AM ~ 40% double struck Lincoln & Two 2000 Wide AM 10% off centers]).






In the past I have had email contact with John Wexler.
For some unknown reason his email address is not in my address book, and I just sent him a message on his facebook page mentioning this thread, along with two coin photos requesting he take a look, and letting him know I can email him high resolution photos if requested.

In closing;

For others that may have missed my thread on varieties shortly after I joined CCF, I do not really collect die varieties and very rarely have I purchased any.

I mentioned this in a thread I posted showing some harsh cleaning I had done on a 1960d large/small date with a d/d mintmark variety. This Cent was garbage prior to cleaning it and only did I know it was the d/d variety after cleaning it.

This did raise eyebrows with the variety collectors here on CCF and thought I was going to get tarred and feathered.

After selling off my Currency Collection when my numismatic interest turned to Errors, I found excitement in multi-struck coins, and the "rush" I would get in the joy of the hunt when a unique error like my avatar coin enters the market, and others don't realize just how rare it is. If anyone has trouble viewing it, it is a 2003d quadstruck that was offered on ebay in 2003, advertised as a triple strike, and some of my bidding competitors were well known error experts, like Fred Weinberg, Rich S. to name a few.
Nine+ years later I have yet to view any 2003d double or triple struck Cent, let alone a quadstruck.

I think most of us back then didn't realize just how rare multi-strike error coins would become.

I posted this thread to share with others on my recent find, and really do not care if it's a genuine die variety, Machine Doubling, or whatever.

I like the way it looks, plus it also gives me some enjoyment on releasing the proof nickel, dime & quarter in circulation (I do dab some fireplace ashes on them to reduce the shine and keep them in circulation longer).

And since I don't collect a number of die varieties, in the past I have given away a few of my CCF posted varieties to other members with no cost to the CCF member other than a S.A.S.E..

In the next week or so I will post another coin that will be a give-away for someone that likes to examine coins under a microscope.

Obviously you have the coin in hand and I do not but it looks to me like the zinc is exposed on the mintmark in a southeast direction.

I am thinking it was 1885. I cannot find the documentation to prove that for sure. It seems I read somewhere that 1984 was the last year for proofs and 1989 was the last year for business strikes. Still looking for that info though. I do know the last RPM that I have seen on a proof was 1984.