1944s dime date doubled?

Yeah, here I am again, guys.

Today's 2 hours on the microscope looking over more Mercs yielded a
surprise, one that I haven't found covered in any books: a 1944s with
full date doubled. While the doubling is obvious under 50x, I'm not
sure it's going to be obvious under 10x.

Anyone else heard of a full date doubled-die 1944s?

Daniel B. Wheeler
www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

wrote:

Yeah, here I am again, guys.

Today's 2 hours on the microscope looking over more Mercs yielded a
surprise, one that I haven't found covered in any books: a 1944s with
full date doubled. While the doubling is obvious under 50x, I'm not
sure it's going to be obvious under 10x.

Anyone else heard of a full date doubled-die 1944s?

Daniel B. Wheeler
www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

Before you start declaring any slight doubling you see at 50X
magnificatiom to be a "doubled die", perhaps you should take a real
good look at Ken Potter's web page titled "Doubling: Worthless Or
Valuable? A Collectors Guide"

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/O...OfDoubling.htm

Bookmark it and refer to it often.

While not exact, the closest of the doubled varieties listed in Ken
Potter's sit is a "Hub Doubling". My coin is different. All 4 numerals
in the date are doubled, all on the same side. Looking at other parts
of the coin under 50x, I didn't see any other apparent doubling in
effect.

My question remains: has anyone else heard of a 4-numeral doubled date
in an 1944s dime?

I recognize I should probably just take an digital photo of the coin
and post it somewhere. Never done that before. Suggestions on where to
post digpic?

Daniel B. Wheeler

wrote in
oups.com:

While not exact, the closest of the doubled varieties listed in Ken
Potter's sit is a "Hub Doubling". My coin is different. All 4
numerals in the date are doubled, all on the same side. Looking at
other parts of the coin under 50x, I didn't see any other apparent
doubling in effect.

My question remains: has anyone else heard of a 4-numeral doubled
date in an 1944s dime?

I recognize I should probably just take an digital photo of the
coin and post it somewhere. Never done that before. Suggestions on
where to post digpic?

Daniel B. Wheeler



Sorry, can't help you with the 4-numeral doubled date question. But, I
sure would love to see the pics!

How about shooting a couple of your microscope pics up on Webshots, or
somewhere? I'm pretty sure you can do that for free, at webshots.com. I
don't know where else, though - there are hundreds of places, I'd bet.

--
Eric Babula
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Current auctions by mystr-e:
http://tinyurl.com/6tyal

Thanks for the suggestion, Eric. I think it is time to start doing a
little camera work.

The coins is _not_ in good shape. I probably found it several years ago
with the metal detector, and there are scratches/gouges where the probe
went. But the date is unaffected, at least by the probe.

Daniel B. Wheeler

wrote in
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Thanks for the suggestion, Eric. I think it is time to start doing
a little camera work.

The coins is _not_ in good shape. I probably found it several years
ago with the metal detector, and there are scratches/gouges where
the probe went. But the date is unaffected, at least by the probe.

Daniel B. Wheeler


No problem! I can't wait to see the great finds you're seeing!

--
Eric Babula
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Current auctions by mystr-e:
http://tinyurl.com/6tyal

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Suggestions on where to post digpic?

alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic

Per Eric's suggestion, have taken digital pic of 1944s dime (date
doubling) for your perusal.G

Look at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/548897089iecZRy

Double-click the image for a larger image.

Daniel B. Wheeler

Thanks for the link, Phil. There are other sites as well that show the same
effect and we have visited this topic on several occasions. Usually Flat
Field Doubling (FFD) or Machine Damage Doubling (MDD) can be easily seen
under 8X and there are some extreme examples available. Wexler and Flynn
explain the various types of true Hub Doubled dies in their book "Treasure
Hunting Mercury Dimes" that apply to all types of Hubs, not just Mercs. It
is a very comprehensive discussion.
It is interesting to note that MMD's are generally avoided by experienced
collectors but sometimes get quite a premium on eBay. I keep a couple
examples around as reference but won't pay anything extra for one. They are
pretty easy to find if you look. I guess the bottom line is collect what
you like.
Cheers!
Wolf-==-
"Phil DeMayo" wrote in message Before you start
declaring any slight doubling you see at 50X
magnificatiom to be a "doubled die", perhaps you should take a real
good look at Ken Potter's web page titled "Doubling: Worthless Or
Valuable? A Collectors Guide"

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/O...OfDoubling.htm

Bookmark it and refer to it often.

Thanks for the link, Phil. There are other sites as well that show the same
effect and we have visited this topic on several occasions. Usually Flat
Field Doubling (FFD) or Machine Damage Doubling (MDD) can be easily seen
under 8X and there are some extreme examples available. Wexler and Flynn
explain the various types of true Hub Doubled dies in their book "Treasure
Hunting Mercury Dimes" that apply to all types of Hubs, not just Mercs. It
is a very comprehensive discussion.
It is interesting to note that MMD's are generally avoided by experienced
collectors but sometimes get quite a premium on eBay. I keep a couple
examples around as reference but won't pay anything extra for one. They are
pretty easy to find if you look. I guess the bottom line is collect what
you like.
Cheers!
Wolf-==-
"Phil DeMayo" wrote in message Before you start
declaring any slight doubling you see at 50X
magnificatiom to be a "doubled die", perhaps you should take a real
good look at Ken Potter's web page titled "Doubling: Worthless Or
Valuable? A Collectors Guide"

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/O...OfDoubling.htm

Bookmark it and refer to it often.