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coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 6:58 pm Poll Question I know every one loves the polls. LOL But here is an interesting one. What is going on with the coins in these images? Poll Choices Machine doubling. Normal for this year. Doubled die Reverse. Shift doubling. Ejection doubling. Die movement. Working hub Doubling Something else. I don't know. Edited by coop 03/21/2014 7:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff

djay1 Valued Member United States 151 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 07:21 am Maybe doubled die OBVERSE? :) Report this Post to the Staff
ghostrivertrading Valued Member United States 167 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 09:24 am What is the correct answer? Report this Post to the Staff
jay4202472000 Pillar of the Community United States 853 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 10:57 am I think I picked the wrong answer. I picked "something else" because I was thinking obverse instead of "reverse". Maybe reverse was purposely put up to teach attention to detail? I may be way off base here, but I was thinking about something last night. I think it could be "working hub doubling" now. There are quite a few DDOs that look very similar in 1968. Coppercoins even says to look at mint mark placement because the doubling is so similar. So, a series of working dies could be created from the working hubs with the same doubling, but would receive different DDO numbers because the mint marks were punched by hand, creating a visible difference in each die. I hope this makes sense. I have what I'm trying to say in my brain, I just can't get it out right. LOL! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 12:05 pm Well up to about a day ago, I would have said it is was a doubled die reverse. But I had this one submitted to John Wexler and I had the coin back for sometime and it was marked WWHO-004 New. So I thought this meant it was a new doubled die. So it sunk in (Maybe a couple years later) what does WWHO mean? So I got out his book and was looking at the 1968 doubled dies listing and found out it means Wexler Working Hub Obverse. It was noted that a working hub was used that had doubling on the hub that created several dies for all three mints that from hub doubling. So there are 1968-P/D/S dies that have this working hub obverse doubling. I suspected this earlier, just never grasped what it meant. Here is the link from his site: http://doubleddie.com/814681.html So I thought I would pass this information forward. I could have just stated the fact, but the poll made everyone think about it more. I hope you enjoyed this. Coop Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 12:09 pm He mentioned that premium for these would be none as many dies were created from this working hub doubling. So it would be similar to the master die doubling on 1972 cents. Report this Post to the Staff
jamesd Valued Member United States 281 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 12:17 pm You need to do polls more often, it does make everyone think. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
jay4202472000 Pillar of the Community United States 853 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 12:18 pm Thanks a ton for the info coop! I found a Philly 1968 DDO a while back that has the same doubling. I looked at the ones on coppercoins & it was very similar to a few, but I couldn't match up any markers. I'll have to dig it out and look again. The doubling is very similar to these you posted. It may just be another die created using this working hub. Very interesting indeed! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 12:24 pm You never know it all...... I'm still learning. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 2:15 pm Thats one of the first times I knew the answer..been searching American pennies the past week and read that a few days ago..Fluke lol. These polls are a great learning tool, thanks for posting it. I doubt I'll be so lucky next time. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 2:42 pm The thing is that focusing attention on something more, helps you to remember it longer. Report this Post to the Staff
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