Advice on DD '24 Mercury

MrLee

I bought out a fellow collector's silver a few months back, looked thru everything, then put it away. Bored out of my goard today I went back thru the Merc's looking to see if I could up-grade my collection. What I found is a 1924 double date. The whole date. A very pleasent surprise. Now I need advise/info as I don't see anything in the Red Book and am not real knowledgable about these. Any imput towards rarity/value would be greatly appreciated.

lathmach

This is strike doubling. There is no premium on strike doubled coins.
The Mercury series is rife with strike doubled coins; you could put together a complete set of them.

Ray

morganbarber

I'm sorry Mr. Lee, but it lokks like machine doubling to me.

MrLee

Ray, Steve,
Thanks. Not great news but I wanted to know. Think I'll keep it anyway.

Lee

coppercoins

I might add to this by saying there are plenty of Lincoln cents out there with the same basic type of doubling on them. Certain dates are more frequent for this type of minor error, but all coins are susceptible to it.

If you are looking for doubled dies in Mercury dimes, a good place to look is on the reverse at the stars. On doubled dies the stars will usually have notching in the two points that are parallel with the rim. I have found plenty like this over time, it seems 1941 is the most typical year. I don't currently have any photos of this anomaly available, but could take one and post it if anyone is interested in seeing it.