1969 S Penny Machine Doubling

to the CCF!

There is a large DDO for that year. Even on the DDO they also have a lot of Machine Doubling on those examples. But MD is very common on the 1968-1972 cents. Here is an example of some:

When you look at the date, all 4 examples are the DDO. But note the yellow arrows? Those are showing where the machine doubled the coins devices. Note they they are often in the same area, but not always the same. Where as the doubled die is consistent. A very high percentage of these coins that year have the Machine Doubling. So when they see that they think they have the big DDO. But there are probably less than 100 examples out there that have the big DDO. So they are the premium coin. But what everyone doesn't realize, is that the date is not the area with the largest doubling. I show you a full shot and you will see what the largest spread looks like on this doubled die:

When look at this image, then they know that they don't have that doubled die. (Note the red arrows)
PCGS had at one time on their page 133 examples of MD normal coins, they everyone thought they had the real deal. But they got graded as a normal coin. So now you know why your coin is not the real deal. Now you know why they are looking so hard and there is a large premium for the real deal. But because of the real number of them found, they al want to think they found the real deal, but they didn't. People ask when they don't know. But when they find the real deal, but when they don't ask, they know that they found the real deal. (except the 133 that submitted theirs to PCGS. They wouldn't believe they didn't find the real deal.)

Below are the pictures. What intrigues me is that I saw an ebay listing with the Machine Doubling clearly spelled out in the product description. It said nothing about DDO, and it still sold for over $1k.

@Coop. I hear what you're saying. At first, I was thinking the seller did something inappropriate. He didn't bait the hook or misrepresent what the product was. So, was it unethical? I dunno. The seller probably knew he was getting overpaid.

I see what you're saying SamCoin. As a seller, if you're okay making a one time sale to someone, selling machine doubled coins for an insane premium probably makes sense. At some point, the buyer is going to realize they've made a mistake. The buyer won't be back for repeat business and may even trash the seller. I know the old saying about the sucker and their money are soon parted. I dunno.