Im Back!!! Need help with '84 Olympic double die?? Pics!
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Hey Everyone - good to be back! 
On my travels I ran into a little gem. I picked up a set of 1984 Olympic dollars that I felt were very reasonably priced, and when I looked at the "D" mint coin I found the following:
As you can see, the date is noticeably doubled. In addition, part of the legend is also doubled:
The doubling is very crisp and all shifted in the same direction - to the right. I took the coin to several dealers and they didn't know what to make of it - was wondering if anyone here had seen this before?
Bytheway, the "P" dollar also has doubling on Los Angeles and 1984, and on the "XX" portion of "XXIII Olympiad" but it's not nearly as bold as the "D" dollar.
Frank
On my travels I ran into a little gem. I picked up a set of 1984 Olympic dollars that I felt were very reasonably priced, and when I looked at the "D" mint coin I found the following:
As you can see, the date is noticeably doubled. In addition, part of the legend is also doubled:
The doubling is very crisp and all shifted in the same direction - to the right. I took the coin to several dealers and they didn't know what to make of it - was wondering if anyone here had seen this before?
Bytheway, the "P" dollar also has doubling on Los Angeles and 1984, and on the "XX" portion of "XXIII Olympiad" but it's not nearly as bold as the "D" dollar.
Frank
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I've never heard of a DD for this coin and my ANACS pop report shows none. I would strongly guess it is machine doubling.
Frank
I don't know what it is, but it's pretty cool.
Now if this thread was about shipping fees, then you'd get some replies
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<< <i>Machine doubling results from loose dies. When they strike the coin they shift and create a shelf like doubled image >>
Greg - if that was the case, then how is it that only part of the legend is doubled? - I would think that if this happened, then the entire legend at least would show some doubling, especially when it's as noticeable as on this piece?
Frank
"Doubling evident on the incused date and legend is particulary strong. It presents the appearance of being hub doubling, complete with seperation lines and and a strong notching effect in the corners of these characters. However, the cause is actually strike doubling."
"Other design areas on the Olympic silver dollar that are raised in the typical fashion, such as the mint mark, L of Liberty and in OF of IGWT, exhibit typical flattened down strike doubling."
The pictures in the article really look like a doubled die, but it's due to the incuse design. I think they are pretty cool still and would like to find one just to have an example.
<< <i>I don't know how, but finding coins with only a few letters in a word doubled is common. I had a 1984-S Olympic $1 (the proof one) with machine doubling only on the date. >>
Cool - that's interesting. Here's a clearer picture of the doubling on the date - you can see that the left hand side of the legend is doubled, while the right hand isn't.
Frank
<< <i>Ken Potter did an article on these in the Nov 4th Coin World.... >>
Hey - cool Norman - thanks! It appears this is exactly the type of coin that the article was referring to - I'll have to see how I can get a copy of that!
Frank