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OK, yesterday I made a post about the 1959-D Ugly FG. I think I have found a runner-up for another ugly coin of the... year?
Hey, I am just pulling coins from tubes in boxes and what comes up, comes up. If I was going to cherry pick coins, I'd show you my best.
So The coin I pulled was out of a 1957-D tube that had a few question marks on the label. I put this coin under the scope and it was close to LIBERTY so I took a look at it first:
1957-D poss DDO-LIBERTY-x2.jpg
My immediate thought was, what the heck is going on with this coin? parts of LIBERTY look like its affected by machine doubling, but parts of LIBERTY look like a doubled die. So, I decided to look at the date.
Now wait a Minute?! USUALLY there is a logical common sense approach with doubled dies, and doubled dies have a typical direction the doubling occurs. THIS coin is starting to worry me. The "9" shows me what I think is a nice cookie cutter style line that is South and West of the primary "9".
NOW, look at the "5" . There is another "what the heck" head scratching event. The Cookie cutter style line is East of the primary "5". In most cases, this is quite odd and it makes you wonder if some one attempted some Tom-foolery at the mint. Or the higher probability is that is is machine doubling, cut and dry.
1957-D poss DDO-19xx-x8.jpg
So I decided to get up close and person on LIBERTY. I wanted to see what was going on and if it makes any sense at all. here is LIBERTY:
The "L" is nearly non existent. Its been sheered off. The only normal looking thing is the "I", I mean, on the coin.
1957-D poss DDO-LI-x8.jpg
The "B" and "E" make things about as confusing as it can be. It could be very difficult to tell if this is simply machine doubling or a doubled die.
That "B" is just crazy wrong. That's not a "cookie cutter style line" that is just - wrong. <smirk>
The "E" shows more promise of what a Doubled die SHOULD look like, but - hey look, again, this coin appears to be abnormal so let's keep moving on.
1957-D poss DDO-BE-x8.jpg
The "RT" of LIBERTY is a 50/50 shot. In the military, the submariners I knew used to say " You have a 50/50 chance of making the correct choice, but 90% of the time, they make the wrong choice". This pretty much applies to this coin. It looks too odd to be a doubled die... right?
GEESH that "T" is just wrong. The top crossbar looks like a true doubled die, but the leg of the "T" looks like it was etched during an earthquake by some one hung over. And, well the "R" is far from perfect too, It has that unnatural look to it. The more I looked, the more I laughed.
1957-D poss DDO-RT-x8.jpg
The "Y" does not disappoint. have a look - wait maybe it does. <smirk>
1957-D poss DDO-ty-x8.jpg
Well, the only thing I had left to look at was Lincoln himself. He looked "normal". Nothing funny going on there. IN GOD WE TRUST was pretty normal considering what we see in LIBERTY and the date, so I wasn't going to second guess something truly looking normal.
The best approach to a coin like this is research. I opened up a browser window and surfed to http://varietyvista.com
I then went into Lincoln Cent doubled dies and chose the 1957-D year
http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20D...O%201957-D.htm
Once that page loaded, I busted out laughing. I was like so - this - coin is sort of "normal" for this year and mintmark? what is a DDO and what parts are machine doubling? HOW does this make any sense? I mean, WHO in the world made these dies? Was this their first - (and probably last) attempt(s) at making dies? I mean come on, what other years have potential DDO's ( or DDR's) that look this.... wrong? Are they SURE these attributions are correct?
Ok, so now you see why research of coins makes a big difference when it comes to potential doubled dies. I did a logical approach to this coin and I weighed the facts that were in front of me. For you all, I recommend reading the post that is in my signature block to see what logical steps I show in there. It will help attribute this coin whether it is a doubled die or not, or both.
Then I will leave you with just one more photo, if the system will allow it. That's the last hint. This could be some random thing or it could be important, that's up to you to decide what it is. That's all I got.
1957-D poss DDO-die-marker.jpg
Go ahead make the call on what this is. If it is too confusing, I will gladly supply the answer. I hope. <LOL>
With the data provided you should be able to make a logical call on whether it is machine doubling, a doubled die ( and if so, the appropriate one) or if it is both. Good luck.
OK, You die hard error/variety veterans out there, let the less experienced collectors take a shot at this coin first ! Thanks !
Hey, I am just pulling coins from tubes in boxes and what comes up, comes up. If I was going to cherry pick coins, I'd show you my best.
So The coin I pulled was out of a 1957-D tube that had a few question marks on the label. I put this coin under the scope and it was close to LIBERTY so I took a look at it first:
1957-D poss DDO-LIBERTY-x2.jpg
My immediate thought was, what the heck is going on with this coin? parts of LIBERTY look like its affected by machine doubling, but parts of LIBERTY look like a doubled die. So, I decided to look at the date.
Now wait a Minute?! USUALLY there is a logical common sense approach with doubled dies, and doubled dies have a typical direction the doubling occurs. THIS coin is starting to worry me. The "9" shows me what I think is a nice cookie cutter style line that is South and West of the primary "9".
NOW, look at the "5" . There is another "what the heck" head scratching event. The Cookie cutter style line is East of the primary "5". In most cases, this is quite odd and it makes you wonder if some one attempted some Tom-foolery at the mint. Or the higher probability is that is is machine doubling, cut and dry.
1957-D poss DDO-19xx-x8.jpg
So I decided to get up close and person on LIBERTY. I wanted to see what was going on and if it makes any sense at all. here is LIBERTY:
The "L" is nearly non existent. Its been sheered off. The only normal looking thing is the "I", I mean, on the coin.
1957-D poss DDO-LI-x8.jpg
The "B" and "E" make things about as confusing as it can be. It could be very difficult to tell if this is simply machine doubling or a doubled die.
That "B" is just crazy wrong. That's not a "cookie cutter style line" that is just - wrong. <smirk>
The "E" shows more promise of what a Doubled die SHOULD look like, but - hey look, again, this coin appears to be abnormal so let's keep moving on.
1957-D poss DDO-BE-x8.jpg
The "RT" of LIBERTY is a 50/50 shot. In the military, the submariners I knew used to say " You have a 50/50 chance of making the correct choice, but 90% of the time, they make the wrong choice". This pretty much applies to this coin. It looks too odd to be a doubled die... right?
GEESH that "T" is just wrong. The top crossbar looks like a true doubled die, but the leg of the "T" looks like it was etched during an earthquake by some one hung over. And, well the "R" is far from perfect too, It has that unnatural look to it. The more I looked, the more I laughed.
1957-D poss DDO-RT-x8.jpg
The "Y" does not disappoint. have a look - wait maybe it does. <smirk>
1957-D poss DDO-ty-x8.jpg
Well, the only thing I had left to look at was Lincoln himself. He looked "normal". Nothing funny going on there. IN GOD WE TRUST was pretty normal considering what we see in LIBERTY and the date, so I wasn't going to second guess something truly looking normal.
The best approach to a coin like this is research. I opened up a browser window and surfed to http://varietyvista.com
I then went into Lincoln Cent doubled dies and chose the 1957-D year
http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20D...O%201957-D.htm
Once that page loaded, I busted out laughing. I was like so - this - coin is sort of "normal" for this year and mintmark? what is a DDO and what parts are machine doubling? HOW does this make any sense? I mean, WHO in the world made these dies? Was this their first - (and probably last) attempt(s) at making dies? I mean come on, what other years have potential DDO's ( or DDR's) that look this.... wrong? Are they SURE these attributions are correct?
Ok, so now you see why research of coins makes a big difference when it comes to potential doubled dies. I did a logical approach to this coin and I weighed the facts that were in front of me. For you all, I recommend reading the post that is in my signature block to see what logical steps I show in there. It will help attribute this coin whether it is a doubled die or not, or both.
Then I will leave you with just one more photo, if the system will allow it. That's the last hint. This could be some random thing or it could be important, that's up to you to decide what it is. That's all I got.
1957-D poss DDO-die-marker.jpg
Go ahead make the call on what this is. If it is too confusing, I will gladly supply the answer. I hope. <LOL>
With the data provided you should be able to make a logical call on whether it is machine doubling, a doubled die ( and if so, the appropriate one) or if it is both. Good luck.
OK, You die hard error/variety veterans out there, let the less experienced collectors take a shot at this coin first ! Thanks !
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