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this 1887 Cent sure is an oddity. It appears that it is a Dbl MD on each side? or how can you explain this. looks like it is the same all around and some on the rev side.   |
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The guys working on the floor must have jumped right on tightening up that die. I've looked at thousands of 1887's and never seen an OBV MD like that for that date. Even rarer is to have BOTH dies loose in their keepers. A great coin that's a sure keeper. Unfortunately, it looks like someone cleaned it at some time.
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Canada
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 a oddity, I wish I had one I'll be checking them a little closer now. It's a neat coin thanks for the great pictures |
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Not MD IMO. Double struck. Deepest part of obverse shows clearly why I say double struck. Not MDD.
Edited by nickelsguy
07/27/2020 7:08 pm
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nickelsguy you got great eyes. wow that is a incredible coin, very nice find.
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extremely nice find
Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Double struck. Deepest part of obverse shows clearly why I say double struck. Not MDD. I can see this, without much movement of the coin for the second strike, it does sort of have that "flat field doubling" look to it, that you see on some nickel dollar specimen strikes of the early 1970s... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I'm certainly not an expert on errors, but I can't see that as double struck. It just looks like the die keeper was loosy goosy and out of adjustment .. or the planchet moved.
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Lightly cleaned but what a find! It's so hard to find Vicky large cent errors and this is one. Good stuff!
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Thanks everyone. I must say I am surprised about MM's statement it being Double struck. Was wondering about how MD could have happened ...but... I take it.. I would guess ICCS would only mark it as "cleaned" and would otherwise most likely not comment? Maybe it will take a journey to another TPG. thank you all H Edited by 47P7
07/30/2020 11:48 pm
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Canada
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Why send it to a TPG? It will cost you double or triple for a single person's opinion, if they grade it at all due to the cleaning. You have a real scarcity there and it cost you a pittance. Why spend $50+ on a piece of paper, some words and plastic? |
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Okie ,
you are right.and point well taken.
My question here in simple language:
am just curious if ICCS would mention this or not? seems to me they have advanced to a web site (or whatever one can call that). Maybe they also progressed to some advanced "grading"?
After all, the facts are undisputed on the coin.
I think CCCS would mark it as what it is in their hard slab.
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Some TPG's will charge $50-$100 extra for a variety or error. You should find out before you send it in |
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This coin is more amazing every time I return to look at it and wonder how many are still to be found you would think this can't be the only one.
It is the only one I have seen to date.
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It likely is the only one, because like Mike, I think this coin was double struck, slightly rotated in collar. Some elements appear larger, due to flat field doubling.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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