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Pillar of the Community
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Has anyone found a 1972 double die while roll searching or in change?
Back in 1972, my father bought 2 boxes of 1972 cents from the Federal Reserve. He bought them at the time because of the news about the double dies. But these rolls have never been searched. I still have them. I want to search them but I think the mystique about how many I could find holds me back. What if I don't find any at all? Then I would be really disappointed.
There are 100 rolls (5000 coins). What are the odds of finding one or more double dies? Should I open the rolls or just hang on longer?
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Valued Member
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There is only one way to find out... ;) bust those bad boys open I say. Who knows, maybe youll find something else you like.
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Valued Member
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Go for it. You won't know till you look.
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I vote you open em and get us all a bunch of great pictures of some doubled dies to look at.
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Pillar of the Community
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You also have 5000 BU 1972 pennies, which is pretty cool by itself.
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Valued Member
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Remember to wear golves to prevent finger prints, which would significantly reduce their resale value.
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Valued Member
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I know a now retired dealer that bought a bag from Harry Foreman in 1973, all but 60 coins or so were DD's. That was a fast $1/4 million.
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Edited by John1
07/14/2011 06:47 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just remember that if they are all double dies, don't spread that info to fast. Sell off one at a time so you don't flood the market.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just to clarify....the correct numismatic term is doublED die.
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Bedrock of the Community
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You don't need to open them all if they came from the same run or purchased at the same time. I would spot check a few rolls and see what is there. If you notice a trend in die scratches that apprear from roll to roll, they may have come from the same run. If you find nothing in a few rolls spot checked, then unload the rest of the un oppened ones. It would be neat to see what is there instead of always wondering.
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Thanks everyone for the wonderful suggestions and encouragement.
Badthad, thanks for the clarification. I should have remembered that it is called 'doubled die'.
I am definitely going to open them up. I hope that I get to take lots of pictures of valuable coins. I will post my findings when I am done.
I would expect that most, if not all, of these coins came from the same run because they were purchased at the same time and they are still in the original boxes. I have never looked closely for die scratches, etc. That is an interesting idea.
I am still wondering though. Has anyone ever found 1 or more of the 'doubled die' varieties in roll searching?
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I have found maybe two or three over the years but not any of the big value coins. I have read that a few people have found the rare ones roll searching so it can be done. I hope you find a few nice coins in your roll searching,good luck to you. Please keep me (us) informed on what you find and don't forget 
John1 
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Pillar of the Community
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I wouldn't open them. Couldn't he just check the ends on them? If there are Doubled Dies wouldn't he find an entire roll of them if they are Fed rolled?
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In 2009 I was able to buy several rolls of the L2 cents from a dealer that were String & Sons wrapped. I was able to find several DDR's but no rolls had 50 DDR's in it. One roll had 37 DDR's I remember.And there were more then one die of the DDR's,sooo....
John1
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Bedrock of the Community
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When you get a roll/bag of coins they are from the same run. In that roll you may find many examples from the same pairs of dies that were used to complete that lot. Examples before/after will not be in that lot. I recently found 16 RPMs and examples from three other die pair in the same roll. But most of the time you find examples from many more die pairs.
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Posted 07/14/2011 01:12 am
