1984 Doubled Die Obverse Penny - Extra Ear Lobe

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Houler Valued Member United States 107 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 05:55 am Hello once again! It's early in the A.M. here and I just spotted this a few moments before typing out this post. Is it just me, or did I finally find a popular well-known rare-ish penny? This will be my first find of a legitimate error coin if I can get confirmation from the coin gurus or with someone with good eyes. date with a little bit of doubling is that a double ear lobe? Upon closer speculation, there is doubling on the profile of the face as well... obvious doubling Edited by Houler 02/12/2022 06:20 am Report this Post to the Staff

levelsofmadnes Pillar of the Community United States 3003 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 06:48 am Houler to the CCF! the face is doubling... the it is Machine Doubling (looks very flat)https://www.error-ref.com/?s=machine+doubling as for the ear, the lobe looks smaller and looks like MD as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Houler Valued Member United States 107 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 06:56 am Thanks for the welcome and reply! I think people welcomed me earlier but didn't respond to it. Thanks for the weclomes peeps. Thank you for the link as well, @levelsofmadnes, one to keep in my favorites for future reference! Wait, so it's not a Doubled Die Obverse error? It's a machining error? Is that like not as rare? Whatever it is, it has a cool effect. I'm keeping it and safeguarding it lol Edited by Houler 02/12/2022 06:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 07:39 am Houler, Here are a couple more for your book marks: http://varietyvista.com/ http://doubleddie.com/ http://www.coppercoins.com/advsearch.php John1 Click on the blue highlighted Machine Doubling. Edited by John1 02/12/2022 07:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Houler Valued Member United States 107 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 07:43 am Thank you John1 for the links, much appreciated! There's much to learn and discern in this new hobby. A few questions come to mind, does this type of error make a coin any more valuable than face value? I imagine not as much as a DDO? Should I get it professionally inspected or graded? Or is it not worth it? Edited by Houler 02/12/2022 08:02 am Report this Post to the Staff
levelsofmadnes Pillar of the Community United States 3003 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 08:19 am Machine Doubling is very common and thus not worth more then face value. imo but some Machine Doubling have sold for some nice money. example from ebay of a 1969 S and labeled as Machine Doubling https://www.ebay.com/itm/203781994967 it is a nice example to keep. at this point in time, I do not keep any machine doubled coins. but I have started a collection of counterstamp coins... go figure. like some have said, if you like it keep it. good luck on future finds Report this Post to the Staff
Houler Valued Member United States 107 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 11:10 am Thank you for your reply and information, levelsofmadnes. GL to you as well! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 11:20 am Note the direction of the push of Machine Doubling on all other devices. Then you can see that is it not just the earlobe that is affected. On a doubled earlobe, the affected area is raised, not incuse like Machine Doubling creates. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95740 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 11:31 am I think it is 2x2 worthy to save to an example of MD for future reference. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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