Strong MD on 1952-D Nickel

[eaxtellcoin]

Evening folks,
I saw this coin at the show last week and thought that this was a great education piece. There is sever mintmark shift left to right towards the rim, plus the die slightly turned CCW giving both the west side and north side some neat MD Damage.

The learning part for everyone: When your at a show, before you buy a coin that ""Looks"" like it maybe a variety. Turn the coin 90 degree's and see if the impression is raised. If it disappears or changes then be carefull. Take the coin to a better light. I know most dealers don't want folks cherrypicking every box they have. There not selling anything with us at the table, looking through every coin. Be Quick. Tables cost $50 - $500 for a show. They will remember you if you don't buy anything!
Eric 1952-D_MD(1).jpg 1952-D_MD(2).jpg

[MintErrors]

Good job Eric.

The inner part of the D with the machine damaged part. The area in the hole of the good D.. that has what looks like some damage in there as well. The smeared outer md D to the west, will probably not match up in size with the inner part of the good D hole, to the east. People can try to use tracing paper to copy the GOOD "D". Then slide it over to the machine damaged area and see that its extremely difficult to find a match. That coin Eric describes above, it could be "push doubling" or slide doubling, aka worthless doubling.

https://www.error-ref.com/push-doubling/

https://www.error-ref.com/slide-doubling/

I am a dealer. I can say from my opinion, I dont mind people looking or trying to cherry pick. Table fees at the shows we set up at average close to 250 per table, with our setup, we do 3 tables. If people are window shopping, we are typically polite to them. We break the ice and see if they have any questions and answer them. We hand out a ton of business cards which we designed at Moo.com . We have converted several people from window shoppers into customers. I know, I know, some dealers may have a grumpy day once in a while but, there are some pleasant dealers out there as well.