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Posted 05/02/2009 10:35 am
As an adjunct to this thread, I thought it would be relevant to talk about what I have learned.
I, too, thought that these were simply more examples of Machine Doubling when I viewed them the first time weeks ago and agreed with the assessments of other. I do not have the knowledge of many here on the forum but feel fairly competent in IDing MD. What I have learned is that there is true die doubling that can look so much like MD that it can fool some of the best trained eyes in collecting. Experience alone is not enough. All the hour over the scope did not have me prepared to ID these coins. It took mycrob's knowledge of and experience with Buffalo nickels to allow him to ferret these out. What I have learned is to not be too quick to discount something and when in doubt open the book.
I guess just because it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it is not cause to stop analyzing.
Thx, mycrob for sharing the finds and the lesson.
Jim
I, too, thought that these were simply more examples of Machine Doubling when I viewed them the first time weeks ago and agreed with the assessments of other. I do not have the knowledge of many here on the forum but feel fairly competent in IDing MD. What I have learned is that there is true die doubling that can look so much like MD that it can fool some of the best trained eyes in collecting. Experience alone is not enough. All the hour over the scope did not have me prepared to ID these coins. It took mycrob's knowledge of and experience with Buffalo nickels to allow him to ferret these out. What I have learned is to not be too quick to discount something and when in doubt open the book.
I guess just because it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it is not cause to stop analyzing.
Thx, mycrob for sharing the finds and the lesson.
Jim
I stumbled on this post only today! I too was confused by the comments of some early posters. Why wouldn't somebody search his dateless for any scarce varieties? Why would anybody search a box or bag of Lincolns? For the Fun of it! Finding a scarce or rare variety is an added bonus of knowledge and a keen eye! I'm very happy you stuck with it and sent both in to be slabbed! Wish my eye sight was better I got a bag of dateless my father pulled out of circulation in the '50's and 60's.
