1957-D Lincoln Wheat Cent Major Machine Doubling Or Something Else?

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homiegrubbs Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 4:52 pm A friend sent me these two photos of a 1957D LWC. I'm not sure what caused this error on the date. The MM and remaining obverse don't seem to show any signs of Machine Doubling or true doubling. Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated. Bill Report this Post to the Staff

foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 4:58 pm Hi, That's classic Machine Doubling. Thanks, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
homiegrubbs Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 5:16 pm Thanks Bill...I thought so but I have never seen one that extreme. Regards, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
steve199 Pillar of the Community United States 1882 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 9:24 pm Quote: That's classic Machine Doubling. Wow, I'm never going to be able to tell the difference. Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 10:25 pm A die chip on the 9 as well. Funny how it doesn't involve the mint mark. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 06:35 am Believe it or not, but I've seen images of that classic example many times before. Probably the coins found were all part of a bad run with the machine very loose till noticed. Not every example from that run would be exact, but have varying degrees of Machine Doubling, sometimes mild, medium, strong or in a different direction. Just depending on the play of the dies. Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 08:19 am Quote: I've seen images of that classic example many times before That's very interesting info coop. Quite the small world when you think about it for the amount of coins minted in Denver that year. For what it's worth, your posts and pictures and examples/experience that you dedicate to this forum are truly stupendous. Thank you. Homie, that is a great example to the extreme. Well done. Definitely a good "keeper" in my book for future reference. Report this Post to the Staff
Jazzcoins Valued Member United States 301 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 09:13 am That's an extreme case of MD a nice example not worth anything ,but when there like that they are good specimens to keep a good coin to have for referance on the subject I keep them when they are to that degree. Jazzcoins Joe Edited by Jazzcoins 01/28/2009 09:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
homiegrubbs Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 09:55 am Thanks to everyone for their inputs. Report this Post to the Staff
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