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For people looking for a neat coin to examine under a microscope and see what a rather significant Doubled Die (DDO) looks like, you can probably enjoy this coin. It's a 1907 PANAMA MEDIO CENTESIMO. According to NGC, the Doubled Die and Re-Punched versions of this coin have a higher population than the normal coin which is supposedly more scarce.
This coin is about the size of a medium sized shirt button, maybe a little bigger. I snagged this off Ebay for just over $22.00 which included tax and shipping.
I bought one other off of ebay which is on the way for $13.03 to include shipping and tax. So this coin is not too terribly expensive and it is even as low as $4.00 in a lower grade which does effect the appearance of the doubling around most of the coin, but it is viewable.
So, without further ado, Here is the Obverse and Reverse of the 907 PANAMA MEDIO CENTESIMO Double Die Obverse (DDO)
On the Obverse, there is a strong doubling on the date and the "RE" in REPUBLIC. The strength of the doubling is less between the 11 o'clock an 2 o'clock area, but there is significant notching and the "cookie cutter" style lines on REPUBLI and NAMA. The buttons just North of the date appear to be doubled as well as the denticles around the rim of the coin. The dots East and West of the dates appear to be doubled as well.
Some of the letters in REPUBLIC appear to suffer from some mechanical doubling as well, but it is easily distiguishable between the hub doubling and mechanical damage.
I have other closer photos of this. I may have to do them over. If the community wants to see larger photos of the date and the devices (letters and other items) that have the most dramatic doubling, I may be able to provide some of those photos. BUT, the date and RE of REPUBLIC are all you need.
1907-PANAMA-MEDIO-CENTESIMO-DDO-Obv .JPG 1907-PANAMA-MEDIO-CENTESIMO-DDO-Rev.JPG
This coin is about the size of a medium sized shirt button, maybe a little bigger. I snagged this off Ebay for just over $22.00 which included tax and shipping.
I bought one other off of ebay which is on the way for $13.03 to include shipping and tax. So this coin is not too terribly expensive and it is even as low as $4.00 in a lower grade which does effect the appearance of the doubling around most of the coin, but it is viewable.
So, without further ado, Here is the Obverse and Reverse of the 907 PANAMA MEDIO CENTESIMO Double Die Obverse (DDO)
On the Obverse, there is a strong doubling on the date and the "RE" in REPUBLIC. The strength of the doubling is less between the 11 o'clock an 2 o'clock area, but there is significant notching and the "cookie cutter" style lines on REPUBLI and NAMA. The buttons just North of the date appear to be doubled as well as the denticles around the rim of the coin. The dots East and West of the dates appear to be doubled as well.
Some of the letters in REPUBLIC appear to suffer from some mechanical doubling as well, but it is easily distiguishable between the hub doubling and mechanical damage.
I have other closer photos of this. I may have to do them over. If the community wants to see larger photos of the date and the devices (letters and other items) that have the most dramatic doubling, I may be able to provide some of those photos. BUT, the date and RE of REPUBLIC are all you need.
1907-PANAMA-MEDIO-CENTESIMO-DDO-Obv .JPG 1907-PANAMA-MEDIO-CENTESIMO-DDO-Rev.JPG
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