1969 Lincoln D DD With Off Center FG Error?

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DMN Valued Member United States 275 Posts	Posted 03/04/2022 07:33 am Hi Guys I just found this 1969 Lincoln D looks like DD with the FG initials were punched off center and top some of the F is punched underneath the G. Report this Post to the Staff

SamCoin Pillar of the Community United States 3237 Posts	Posted 03/05/2022 09:35 am This is just light wear from die polishing. A normal event in the minting process. The FG isn't "off-center," it's simply one of the most delicate parts of the design and the first to be distorted by polishing. The entire design is transferred from the hub to the die, so it would be impossible to have just the FG be off center. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/05/2022 12:00 pm Between the Machine Doubling and the partly polished die, you have a normal coin. Not a doubled die. Remember the doubling on the die has to be created by the hub. A copy of the devices would have to show spread on the centers of the devices. It happens, but not on this coin: Note the enlarging on them will be on the centers of the initials. Machine Doubling alters the outside/inside edges of the devices. The spread will enlarge the devices on a doubled die. Over polishing makes them smaller: Report this Post to the Staff
DMN Valued Member United States 275 Posts	Posted 03/05/2022 4:21 pm Thanks to you both! Yes I noticed MD especially on the E in "Liberty." My trouble is not so much with the distinction doubling of the Letters and numbers with the tell-tale signs of serifs it's with the doubling of the one's like the fat doubling when there are no letters or numbers displaying serifs or obvious doubling on coins like the 1969s and 1955. And the FG was puzzling to me. Study! Study!! Study!!! It's a learning curve but a fun one! Thanks again guys! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/05/2022 10:12 pm Just keep looking here. It will eventually click and will make sense. Report this Post to the Staff
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