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Bedrock of the Community
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Picked this up at a coin show for a real cheap price mostly due to the dealer saying he just can't see a Double Die on this one.     I too have spent a lot of time trying to see what could be called a Double Died coin. Rim is messed up like it was Doubled but not on the Face of the coin. Anyone see something I don't? |
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Rest in Peace
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How old is that slab ? Is there anything with the 9 in the date ? can't see any D/D. without viewing the reverse I would call it EF-45 DETAILS. hope you didn't go for too much.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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How old is that slab ?
Is there anything with the 9 in the date ? can't see any D/D.
without viewing the reverse I would call it EF-45 DETAILS.
hope you didn't go for too much. No idea how old that slab is. 9 does not appear doubled at all. As to EF-45 instead of AU-50 as slab states, I agree. Far from AU as far as I can tell. Cost me $20 and for a date with one of the lowest mintages in the series, not a bad price. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Carl here's the link to Wiles's The Mercury dime Die Variety Book it has close up pictures on the pick up points Thanks for that link. However, I knew about it and even there just can't see anything that should or could be called doubled. Front or back nothing is what I could ever call doubled. |
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Just because a coin has identifiable features that indicate a doubled die or other mint error doesn't mean it is desirable. If the error is so subtle you need a microscope and an instruction guide to find it I'm just not interested. I'll stick with the obvious types: strong overdate, off-center, clipped planchet, rotated die, double-struck, etc. IMO an error worthy of the name is something you can show to a non-collector and they will be impressed. Oh yeah, I agree this Mercury dime seems obviously overgraded by ICG. With that big scratch across Liberty's neck and hair it's not even a decent circulated example of the normal 1931-D. |
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Quote:Oh yeah, I agree this Mercury dime seems obviously overgraded by ICG. With that big scratch across Liberty's neck and hair it's not even a decent circulated example of the normal 1931-D. It is ANACS not ICG. However, I agree with you, it's just not a good grade nor a real DBL. |
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Everything looks pretty normal to me with maybe the only thing that caught my eye just little bit being Slightly thicker letters in "GOD & the First T in Trust" Wow I think if I was the owner and had paid to have that graded( never would have to begin with) I would be quite dissatisfied with everything about this submission... Maybe they were drinking on the job that day  I say EF-40 and possible "scratched or details" designation regarding the big obvious scratch on the neck through the hair. |
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This doubled die should be in the date and motto, however it maybe hard to see without a good loop, better pictures would help. I got a feeling this may have been swap out from the holder, knowing how easily removing coins from ANACS holder, but I still can be wrong without seeing better pictures.
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07/03/2015 03:16 am
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I see doubling on RTY bit it looks more like md. Nobody has mention seeing the doubling but it is clearLY doubled to me on the LAST pic
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