1870 3 Cent Nickel Possible Double Die

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The Regency Store Valued Member United States 103 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 02:30 am Seeing die doubling on the "A" in America, and the date as well. What do you thinK? Report this Post to the Staff

ItchyN Valued Member United States 121 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 03:39 am The date is a repunched date. Doubling on the A is Strike Doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 07:25 am . The Three Cent Nickels had so much trouble with dies wearing out because of the hard planchets. They, and the Shield nickels, have all kinds of striking and die problems. In some date cases it's much harder to find examples without problems, rather than with them. Report this Post to the Staff
scstrawn Pillar of the Community United States 536 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 09:46 am It might be Longacre doubling on the lettering. Kind of a neat topic to read up on. http://www.error-ref.com/longacre-s-doubling/ Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 12:20 pm Agree, re-punched date and Strike Doubling. Get that into an acetone bath right away.... Report this Post to the Staff
The Regency Store Valued Member United States 103 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 01:28 am Thank you all for the info. Report this Post to the Staff
ItchyN Valued Member United States 121 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 02:59 am Quote: The Three Cent Nickels had so much trouble with dies wearing out because of the hard planchets. They, and the Shield nickels, have all kinds of striking and die problems. Three Cent Nickels did not present nearly the problems that Shield nickels did, because the planchets are much thinner. * Edited by Staff to add quote tags. Please use them in the future. Posts are very difficult to read without them.* Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 2:02 pm But thinner planchets meant less metal to bring up details so they often had to use higher pressures and that also caused die failure. Plus the Three Cents came first when the mint had even less experience with the planchets. Die problems withthe Three Cents were pretty much just as great with themas with the Shield nickels.Good stikes are unusaual and dies cracks, clashes, chips, breaks, and die engraving problems run rampant through the series, just as in the Shield nickels. Finding a piece that doesn't have some kind of production "problem" is difficult. Report this Post to the Staff
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