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Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 01:35 am Looks like it has been struck at least 3 times! Looks similar to Adam's rotated struck coin from last year. Can't wait to hear thoughts on this one. Looks like Abe's having an out of body experience! The reverse almost looks like half doubled die in some places and machine doubled in others, but most normal. Especially compared to the obverse! Report this Post to the Staff

wolf-n-wa Pillar of the Community United States 602 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 01:37 am OH-heck no! That is wicked cool. Don,t think I'd of parted with that one. Were did you get it? WOLF Edited by wolf-n-wa 01/14/2011 01:37 am Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 01:51 am Same guy as the Ike thread. Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 05:47 am That is cool Report this Post to the Staff
coppertop5150 Pillar of the Community United States 958 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 07:27 am its like he is tilting his head up to the sky , pretty awsome. How much? Report this Post to the Staff
tumbleweedtrumpet Pillar of the Community United States 1418 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:05 am That's awesome! Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:40 am nice error! but if it were a double strike, wouldn't the reverse have the same effect? I can see doubling on the letters, but not on the memorial Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:46 am Thanks guys! coppertop, value to be determined. I met a guy to buy a bunch of Ikes from and he told me he had an error he wanted me to see. I was expecting the usual old hammer job the way he described it. So, I told him I would post it here and see if we could establish a fair value for me to offer him. So, if anybody has an idea, I'd appreciate it. I'd really like to hear Mike Diamond's thought on it. Not just what it is, but how it happens. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:47 am Kinda like a "Matrix" movement. Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:50 am Adam, I'm not sure if the reverse would have the same effect or not. There is some heavy MD on the upper right side of the Memorial that isn't showing up well in the pic. The "U" in UNITED almost looks like a doubled die. It's really weird. Edited by Scooby Due 01/14/2011 08:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 08:53 am Quote: Kinda like a "Matrix" movement I like it! Another strange thing about the obverse: the motto has shadow characters around it, too. But, LIBERTY just looks kind of fat and wide. Edited by Scooby Due 01/14/2011 08:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 09:13 am Same here- can't wait to see what Mr. Diamond has to say on this one! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 11:35 am What concerns me is that the same rotation isn't on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 1:22 pm I suspect this is an example of a coin being hammered into a softer metal such as a brass plate then rotated and hammered again. The brass plate receives an incuse image of the coin from the first hammering and then acts as a die to create a second raised distorted image on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 1:31 pm That would be a real bummer. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 1:35 pm PMD? I can't offer anything close to an educated opinion, but I like that at face value. Is it possible this cent was stuck in the collared die, and the obverse die rotated slightly before striking a second time? I've seen many double-struck Canadian cents with similar features on the portrait. I look forward to hearing what Mike Diamond has to say... Edited by DVCollector 01/14/2011 1:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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