2004 Double Die Cent? What do you think?

shanks82 · February 20, 2004 11:26PM

Is this a double die? take a look at the 2004 what do you think?

XpipedreamR · February 20, 2004 11:38PM

That's pretty cool, whatever it is. Is it yours? Can you get a close-up of the date?

tlhoy · February 20, 2004 11:56PM

Courtesy post

shanks82 · February 21, 2004 12:08AM

Here is a close up

JrGMan2004 · February 21, 2004 12:09AM

I thought it was "impossible" to have a doubled die now... could this just be mechanical doubling?

MatthewBabcock · February 21, 2004 12:18AM

Did you first notice something with this coin with the naked eye? Or only after looking at it under magnification?

Nice way to start another run on the pennies...

shanks82 · February 21, 2004 12:21AM

I got it in change at McDonalds and scanned to so that everyone could see a pic of a new 2004 cent and i noticed a little doubling.

kenoshapete · February 21, 2004 12:23AM

Looks like you're on to something! Great find, hope I can find one. When/where did you find it?

shanks82 · February 21, 2004 12:27AM

O'Hare McDonalds. On a flight home. Might be a good find

Rampage · February 21, 2004 5:01AM

It is mechanical doubling, BUT very nice mechanical doubling at that!

kamehameha00 · February 21, 2004 5:06AM

Is there any other doubling on the profile?Wording?Reverse?If its not mechanical doubling you can be on to something big.

Wolf359 · February 24, 2004 4:37AM

Don't know why this thread died. No lincoln expert, but mechanical doubling on the entire date?

Shamika · February 24, 2004 5:00AM

I don't think it's a Doubled Die. While the date clearly looks to be doubled, you would expect to also see comparable doubling on LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.

Aside from that, I can't explain it definitively.

indianabyron · February 24, 2004 7:12AM

We need coppercoins to check this one out .

Byron

jhuberdude · February 24, 2004 7:36AM

Darn, the 2004 I found does not have this. Looks like a good find!
John

coppercoins · February 24, 2004 8:00AM

It is very possible to have doubling that shows mainly on the date. It is supposed to be impossible to have hub doubling on modern coins, but this idea has been nixed with the discovery of a couple of different doubled dies minted during the "single squeeze" years, so it is entirely possible that a doubled die could exist from 2004.

As for the images, it is too difficult with those images to tell 100%, but from what I can see, I see a doubled die. It could well be something else, but it does not appear to be mechanical doubling. I would like very much to be able to see this one closer up.

dlimb2 · February 24, 2004 8:12AM

shanks82, Looks like a doubled die to me also...I hope that it is. From what I can tell it looks like the secondary is smaller than the primary...this would be class 3 I believe...I HOPE IT IS. This is what makes coin collecting fun...when you find it and least expect it.

windwhispersintrees · February 24, 2004 8:30AM

If it is mechanical doubling, then shouldn't there be "shelving" on all the obverse letters?
I don't see anything other than on the date.

We need a good high resolution close-up image of the date.