2000 D Cent. Many Doubled Die Reverses

Years ago while hanging out with my 6 year old son, I was telling him that sometimes you can find coins in circulation. (My 3 children were holding loops before they could potty by themselves). To make a point, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my change. I spotted a brand new 2000d cent. I looked at it with my loop and low and behold there was two D mintmarks on the coin. The second mintmark was laying against the rim of the coin. I freaked and looked again. The straight edge of the D rests against the rim to the right of Lincolns bust with the curve pointed toward the date. It is very thin, and on a VVEDS coin, but most certainly, it is there. I laughed and showed it to my son. He took the loop and saw the D and asked me if I knew that the coin was in my pocket. I told him that I did not because I did not. He dug it.

Suffice to say, that started the great cent hunt. I went back to the store and bought out all of their cent rolls. This went on for a week or so before the manager kicked me out of his store. So, I sent a friend until he also got kicked out, then another, then another, then another, and lastly yet another. Now understand, we were spending money in the store and not wasting their time.

I never did find another D/D coin like the one I have. That was in early 2000 when the coins had just come out of the mint and I was living in the Denver area.

What was really going on is that I had discovered a whole bunch of Doubled die reverse coins. This was back when the talking heads said that double dies no longer happen, single squeeze hubbing and all ....WRONG!

I have at least 5-7 different double die reverse coins. All of them are in VVEDS very high grade gem and most are prooflike. At least on one side. The variances occur on the lettering. Some have only 2-3 letters doubled, and some as many as 6-7. I have at most maybe only 2-5 of each. These are not what one would consider minor double dies, although I also found my share of them.

I check from time to time to see if Coneca has posted any of them yet. So far I draw blank. Well, they do exist, so start looking. Remember, coin collecting is a hobby. Enjoy it and use your common sense.

Happy hunting.

In time I will post pics. Gusp