Double struck or DDO Buffalo nickel? RPM?

oldcameoproofsguy

There is noticeable doubling on the date and on the braid.


There is other doubling in LIBERTY and along the entire front of the bust.

Does that also look like an RPM?

rdunnit

I'm not an expert by any means but it looks like strike(or mechanical) doubling to me. But I may be wrong. Nice nickel regardless. Love the natural tone of it.

Robert

LanLord

The close-up looks like the shelflike appearance of machine doulbling. But hey, I never met a buff I didn't like.

Cameonut

I agree with the others - looks like mechanical doubling to me as well.

cosmicdebris

Not sure on the doubling but a great picture and I like the black background.

buffnut

Most likely machine doubling, but it does resemble the 1937 DDO from "Treasure Hunting Buffalo Nickels". I do know that this one is relatively common and does not hold a premium. I have seen many and owned one in an ICG MS65 slab. I asked about everyone I could about the variety, and everyone that I talked to came to the same conclusion: Nice to look at, but not rare and no premium value. As for the D/D aspect, it is hard to tell from the pictures. There are at least a dozen varieties of the 1937D RPM, none of them particularly rare. Now, if you have one in this shape with three legs- let me know. They also command no premium and I will buy it from you as a favor for $25 .

Always here to help!

Travis

coppercoins

That is not a doubled die. It is machine damage doubling, no question about it.

shylock

JT Stanton uses a 1937 just like yours as an example of strike doubling if you scroll down this page.

richbeat

buffnut's mention of this example of machine doubling resembling the 1937 DDO underscores the importance of knowing the difference between machine doubling and doubled dies. I would also include the 1969S cents. There are 1969S DDO cents, as well as examples showing machine doubling, and they look very similar, especially to a novice. I would hate to see a collector get taken from a less-than-honest dealer, or someone on ebay passing off machine doubling as a doubled die. Knowledge is so important.

oldcameoproofsguy

Thanks Shylock for the link.


That is uncanny how both examples were double struck almost identically.