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SMS quarter doubled die?

darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
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It looks to have doubling on the top side of the letters in liberty and in god we trust. Is this the 1967 SMS doubled die? mike image
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      • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
        Very Cool!!!
        It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

      • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
        Nice photography!!!...image
      • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
        Super Sweet! Could be CONECA DDO-2 for the date and FS-026.5. If this is the coin it is actually a tripled die in early die state strikes...
        The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
        The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

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      • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
        Cool coin, but it looks like MDD. Sorry. All of the "doubling" appears to be shelf-like, with no split of any of the letter edges or serifs. Likely banged the die a second time during ejection. JMO
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        and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
      • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
        Thanks Ken! I had to take the picture of the " in god we trust" upside down to see the doubling otherwise the shadows would obscure it. mike image
      • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
        I had to take the picture of the " in god we trust" upside down to see the doubling otherwise the shadows would obscure it. mike ...Will this help?..
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      • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
        Thanks Ken! image
          Don you mean to say looking at proof and mint sets for two hours through a 15X-30X loupe did not pay offimage and all I got out of it was headache. mike image
        • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
          I feel your pain buddy.image Still, it's a cool coin.image
          Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
          and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
        • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
          You need an Intel-Play microscope! Makes looking for DDOs a piece of cake!!!
          It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

        • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
          What Marty said is true. I've got one right beside the computer....
        • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
          A 67 SMS Washington, with the Intel

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          It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

        • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
          Man, do I feel like a doofus on second thought ... likely strike doubling. A warning never to listen to me. I should have looked at the images more carefully before piping up. Does look a bit deceptive on the serifs in a few spots. Mea culpa ... image
          The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
          The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

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        • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
          These things can fool you sometimes especially when the image is displaced in just the
          right direction. There are lots of MDD quarters in the SMS's and if memory serves this one
          is one of the more common ones. The LIBERTY especially looks right and even seems to
          have a little split at the bottom of the B.
          Tempus fugit.
        • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
          These things can fool you sometimes especially when the image is displaced in just the
          right direction. There are lots of MDD quarters in the SMS's and if memory serves this one
          is one of the more common ones. The LIBERTY especially looks right and even seems to
          have a little split at the bottom of the B.
          Tempus fugit.
        • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
          I agree with the MDD crowd...that's what it is.
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