Please, I need three cent silver help!!!!

jeffnpcb

First I have Cherrypickers both old and new, Breen's book and a few others.
I recieved a three cent silver in 1862 date and looks vf-xf. I tried to scan several times, but can't enlarge it enough to show the detail. The legend of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on the obverse and stars on the reverse are doubled.
The question, Is this normal for that little sucker? Any help on this would be nice to know!

Thanks
Jeff in Panama City Beach

Russ

<< <i>I recieved a three cent silver in 1962 date and looks vf-xf. >>



They are extremely rare in that date. Retirement time!

Russ, NCNE

jeffnpcb

See the kids in the top left corner!!! That's why I can't think straight at times!



There you go, blame it on those darling angels again!!! 1862

airplanenut

<< <i>See the kids in the top left corner!!! That's why I can't think straight at times!



There you go, blame it on those darling angels again!!! 1962 >>

It's still the wrong date!

airplanenut

That's better... fast edit

jeffnpcb

Fixed it twice!!

ScarsdaleCoin

Hi, sounds nice but that is fairly common....most people dont look close since they are small to begin with......we have lots of info on trimes at our web site....best, Jon
www.coinhelp.com

DAM

Jeff,

Your 3CS may have had the legend retooled/reworked. Or it may have experienced machine/strike doubling. I would think the former. Very common like Jon said.

There is an overdate for the year 1862, 1862/1. It should show clearly under magnification if you have one.

jeffnpcb

Thanks guys! I imagine that the mint had an extremely difficult time trying to hold this little booger in the collars. It is funny that it is only the area around the rim and didn't affect the date stamping.

Conder101

That would tend to indicate that whatever it is, it occured during the preperation of the die. The date was the last thing punched into the die before hardening. Possibly hub doubling or Longacre doubling. There is a fair chance that it may be machine doubling damage. that can also affect one area and not others.