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As someone new to the hobby, one of the biggest challenges is that web sites and images can only get you so far. The pictures taken with pro-grade microscopes rarely look like what you see with a magnifying glass or inexpensive smartphone magnifier. It is simply helpful to have a known doubled die to examine in-hand. Therefore, I present a very short article on the easiest, cheapest doubled die coin to own. In 1947, the Philadelphia mint had a doubled hub for nickels. The hub is the positive used to make the working die negatives. The working dies in turn strike the coins. Pretty much every single 1947 nickel minted in Philadelphia—all 95,000,000 of them—has a clearly split serif on the upper right edge of the first T in Trust. That is what a split serif looks like. You can easily find a 1947 nickel while coin roll hunting, although after 76 years of circulation wear, the split serif might no longer be visible. A beautiful uncirculated example can be purchased for perhaps $5-10 online. For reference: Variety Vista nickel obverse designs ODV-008 The top left coin is a 1947 nickel that I found from coin roll hunting. The others are reference images from the PCGS article for the 1947 5c coin. |
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One clarification. Apparently this was a master hub double. Because Philadelphia supplies the master hubs for Denver and San Francisco, that means all 1947 nickels from all three mints have the split serif on the first T in Trust. I checked the 1947-D and 1947-S examples on PCGS, and sure enough, they have the split serif T as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice presentation, thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very cool! I didn't know about this. Thank you for posting.  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice example to focus on to let newer members have something to look for. thanks for clarifying about the master die doubling. That type of doubling has gotten a lot of folks excited, me included with some War Nickels I won. And since it's on all the nickels produced this year, this master die doubling doesn't command a premium. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
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Pillar of the Community
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That's awesome as I definitely have some BU '47 Nickels. I'll have to dig 'em up from my collection.
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very cool, thanks Brand..
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Pillar of the Community
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Pete makes a good point. The same thing that makes this doubled coin easily available also means the doubling isn't worth any extra money. That's what makes it a great place to start for someone new to the hobby.
John, I hadn't given it much thought. What sorts of contests do people run for the early milestones?
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Nice discussion, thank you for sharing the information. Quote:
What sorts of contests do people run for the early milestones? Some sort of giveaway usually works. Take a look at the completed contest sub-forum and you'll read lots of examples. |
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Brandmeister, 1000 post milestone isn't an early on,50 posts is  As mentioned, check out the contest/give-a-way section for ideas. John1  |
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Very nice! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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EXCELLENT presentation! Thanks for sharing this. Very informative.
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