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Pillar of the Community
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Looks MD to me,sorry. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I appreciate your looking. For once, I hope you're wrong. It looks good to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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I had to agree with John1.
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Its MD. Look at the R of Pluibus...the right curve if you added the shelf to the upper portion would be normal width letter. MD reduces the normal size that way.
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Ok, I'll have to go with the consensus. I appreciate it, thanks all If any of you change your mind let me know. It just doesn't look flat to me. Must be my old eyes.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Boy Coop, those 3D pix make me feel like I'm on the Moon!  |
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They really show the die flow how it show up like snow drifts. When the die was fresh, the fields were level.  |
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Sorry about the MD - the one thing that you all great people taught me to look for was the oblong dots among the EPU and these still appear to be round. I bet you can get 15 bucks for it on ebay - just say it like it is and show the close-ups and because you can see the doubling people like it even if it isn't an official DDR. I see the 1969S MD Cents selling on ebay because of being a Key date and the doubling being visible. 1955 is also a key date. Though it is pretty decent so you may want to keep it for yourself |
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The red arrows show the narrowing of the U, while the white arrows show the original size.  |
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I appreciate everyone's help here. Coop, please correct me if I'm wrong, I think your picture is showing Machine Doubling due to a worn die. My coin is Machine Doubled due to movement at the strike. Correct? I think the die shifted counter clockwise with a slight northerly tilt at the strike, leaving the east-northeast sides of the northerly devices flat and shelf-like. Wear on the coin has widened the devices and somewhat disguised the abruptness of the flat and shelf-like portions. That's my excuse for missing this one. lol Cwb, your RIBUS picture shows the die shifted in the opposite direction from my coin. It has less wear and shows the flat and shelf-like portions very clearly. Nice pic. The white arrows on your you picture show the original size plus widening due to wear on the coin. That fits right in with my excuse. CoinCents, thank you for your compassion, it is a tough loss for me, I saw that 1944 DD cent the other week and thought lightening could strike twice, but oh well- I'm getting over it. As far as the elongated dots go, they are an indicator of many DDR cents, but there's no reason a cent can't be a DDR without them. You're right about selling it, there is a market for strong Strike Doubled coins. I always label them correctly and usually make specific mention that it's not a Doubled Die. Coop, could you zoom in on that picture of liberty some? I can make out the atoms, but am having a little trouble discerning the electrons from the protons.  |
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Mechanical Doubling is a blanket name given to many types of doubling that can happen during the strike. If there is a loose die, die movement will cause it, die bounce, ejection doubling, slide doubling and push doubling are all referred to as Mechanical Doubling. Sometimes it will affect most of the details, while other times, only some of the devices are doubled. I have a Kennedy half dollar with slide doubling that looks like the whole surface has been pushed over, pretty crazy looking under magnification.
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 Cwb, and I appreciate your time. Unless I'm mistaken, worthless doubling caused by wear on the die is also considered MD. |
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Die wear isn't considered MD, and, as I am learning, MD isn't necessarily worthless. They sell on ebay, even clearly identified as MD coins. New generation of collectors.  |
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