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Doubled Coin Collectors, What Floats Your Boat?

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 Posted 09/30/2016  09:48 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add SteveInCanada to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone,

I've been sifting through a batch of nickel dollars and of course have found lots of minor varieties: die cracks, doubling, etc.

For die cracks two different collecting strategies sort of naturally suggest themselves to me: finding a coin where it looks like the die was about to fall apart filled with spectacular and dramatic cracks or finding a group of coins that shows the progression of the cracks as the die beat itself to death.

Doubling on the other hand, especially machine/strike doubling which seems to be caused by loose dies/etc don't have this natural progression being much more random in nature. Doubled dies are another thing because once the die is damaged it's almost like die clashes, the next run of coins is going to have the same doubling.

For MDD specifically I can see where someone might enjoy trying to track down the combination of all possible doubling patterns, for example if it's know that "Dollar" is commonly doubled on a coin collecting single digit double "D", double "O" ... and presenting the 6 coins perhaps along with a fully doubled "DOLLAR" ... that would be a lot of combinations but hey, we're all a little kooky with the things we enjoy collecting in some way. I can also see that others would just prefer a single dramatically doubled coin to put in the collection.

So I'm curious: those of you who do collect doubled coins, specifically MDD coins, what is your preferred way of collecting them?
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 Posted 09/30/2016  10:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Paulsz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not much for an error collector (other than the few here and there that I thought were cool), but I think doubling of the date would catch my attention the most. It'd be cool to have a set of every year with a double date.
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 Posted 09/30/2016  10:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add john100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A double struck or off struck in dollar size coins are truly rare errors
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For most collectors, it is the Machine Doubling or Die Deterioration Doubling of the date, that matters the most. ICCS and CCCS also comment on this feature - which also appeals to the collectors. Like this one:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1939-Canada-...112151847328
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I entirely understand the attraction to the doubled dates.

In many cases, such as in the 68th edition dollar variety section it's often flat field doubling on the obverse that's noted, or doubling of the legend.

I guess it's just my sense of curiosity of why certain doubling is noted in the guide, for example, and others aren't.
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There are so many different types of doubling and examples thereof, that it is impossible to list them all. CoinsandCanada makes an attempt at it, but it is far from complete and prices are out of sync. It is the changes/mistakes made on the dies, rather than faulty machines or set-up/maintenance, that interst most variety collectors. Small offset "doublings" on letters fail to excote many people.
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