I have a request from you Error Junkys!!!

CowboyCoins · September 18, 2003 2:31PM

I have a 1943 P War nickle, and it is definatly a 2 over date, the wierd thing it is extremely prevalent.(the botton of the 2 juts out of the bottom of the 3) (sorry no scan) does anybody have a good picture of a 43/2 it would greatly help.

Plus, I received a 1943 D steel cent and it is double die but I cant figure out if it is a machine double or authentic double, again does anybody have an example or a way to tell.

thanks alot
Cowboy

coppercoins · September 18, 2003 3:18PM

First off, neither of those would be errors - they would be die varieties.

I don't know much about the nickels, but on the cent there could be any number of different doubled dies to compare it to. It's going to round down to someone needing to view the coin who knows their stuff. Whether that be through microphotos taken by you or someone else, or by sending it to someone, that's what it would take. There are no specific "tell tale" signs that would give you a definate "without a doubt" on whether it's machine doubling, die deterioration doubling, strike doubling, or a true hub doubled die.

CowboyCoins · September 18, 2003 3:20PM

All I really need is an example photo, for either or both thanks

Iwog · September 18, 2003 3:24PM

Not that great of picture, but here's mine.

coppercoins · September 18, 2003 3:32PM

<< <i>All I really need is an example photo, for either or both thanks >>

Regarding the 1943 cent, I tried to explain that you are talking about a bunch of different dies with a bunch of different characteristics...an "example" photo would do you no good at all because each die looks different from the other. You would have to know what characteristics in general to look for when determining whether a coin is a doubled die, and that takes education and experience.

The nickel is one single die...one example has the same characteristics as the next, so in that case a single example photo would do.