Afternoon searching rolls - lots'o'pics - any error keepers or advice?
StrikeOutXXX
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Went to the bank to get rolls today - no halves, so I settled for a mix of nickels and dimes.
The advice part is what do other roll searchers do with this type of stuff? Most of these things I find aren't worth much if any premium - do you keep them? Put them in 2x2's and hope some day a VAM-Like craze will hit modern crap? Spend them?
Anyhow, on with today's finds. Let me know if you see any keepers.
2006P Nickel die crack - looks like a power line running to Monticello:
1999P nickel mint mark. Probably machine doubling, but nothing else on the obv is doubled, so just stuck out:
1996P nickel filled mint mark.
1995P nickel - What is going on here? Deteriorating die of some sort? It was stronger on the bottom, but the top had some lighter version of this too.
1967 nickel - I don't know what's going on here, lamination, die crack, cud of some sort in areas. Thought it was neat - runs from left of Monticello to end of "states".
2000P machine doubling? After I shot this one, I skipped the rest that I thought were strike/machine doubling. Had 1977, 1999P nickel and a 1985P dime as well.
2006P Dime - I'll call it the Crying Roosevelt. There are some nice die chips/breaks forming on his eyebrow, by eyes (looks like tears) and one by his nose like a wart. I found 4 more sort of like this in the next set of pics, but no other "Crying" ones.
4 other 2006P dimes sort of like the one above. The 5 of them were probably minted close to each other, neat to follow the die cracks progress in eyebrow, cheek, nose, and facial area.
1962 Dime showing some strong doubling. Looked at CONECA's site and only saw a proof that sort of matched up (DDR-003 & 004 sort of). Some close-ups next pic
Close-ups of a few areas on the '62 dime. Not sure if it's a real DDR or just machine doubling, but was neat either way - high areas on some of the doubling like a crack too - and in great shape for 45 years old
All I found today - fun stuff to me. Someday I'll find something really neat, until then the hunt is fun enough.
Jeff
The advice part is what do other roll searchers do with this type of stuff? Most of these things I find aren't worth much if any premium - do you keep them? Put them in 2x2's and hope some day a VAM-Like craze will hit modern crap? Spend them?
Anyhow, on with today's finds. Let me know if you see any keepers.
2006P Nickel die crack - looks like a power line running to Monticello:
1999P nickel mint mark. Probably machine doubling, but nothing else on the obv is doubled, so just stuck out:
1996P nickel filled mint mark.
1995P nickel - What is going on here? Deteriorating die of some sort? It was stronger on the bottom, but the top had some lighter version of this too.
1967 nickel - I don't know what's going on here, lamination, die crack, cud of some sort in areas. Thought it was neat - runs from left of Monticello to end of "states".
2000P machine doubling? After I shot this one, I skipped the rest that I thought were strike/machine doubling. Had 1977, 1999P nickel and a 1985P dime as well.
2006P Dime - I'll call it the Crying Roosevelt. There are some nice die chips/breaks forming on his eyebrow, by eyes (looks like tears) and one by his nose like a wart. I found 4 more sort of like this in the next set of pics, but no other "Crying" ones.
4 other 2006P dimes sort of like the one above. The 5 of them were probably minted close to each other, neat to follow the die cracks progress in eyebrow, cheek, nose, and facial area.
1962 Dime showing some strong doubling. Looked at CONECA's site and only saw a proof that sort of matched up (DDR-003 & 004 sort of). Some close-ups next pic
Close-ups of a few areas on the '62 dime. Not sure if it's a real DDR or just machine doubling, but was neat either way - high areas on some of the doubling like a crack too - and in great shape for 45 years old
All I found today - fun stuff to me. Someday I'll find something really neat, until then the hunt is fun enough.
Jeff
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"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
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Rob the Newbie
Yes, a few hours of staring through a loupe does start to get the eyes burning.
<< <i>Nice... my kinda quiet day!! And just what are you takin pics with?? I gotta get a set-up like that!! (then I'd be lost for hours....) >>
I use a Canon PowerShot A530. Most of the close-ups were through a Canon B04 Micrographics 29x lens. It was a nice quiet afternoon - I should be out metal detecting, but tweaked my back so I was die-crack & such detecting today
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
I've just been putting anything out of the ordinary in 2 x 2s. Why not?
<< <i>62 dime....machine doubling...no doubt. >>
Thanks - I'll have to go reread JT Stanton's "Determining Die Doubling from Other Forms of Doubling" again - apparently I failed my final exam His article in PDF is here: JT Stanton Die Doubling Article.
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.