1972-S Eisenhower 40% Unc. DDO?

Azurescens

Hello again everyone! Still busying myself going through the collections I've accumulated over the years. I found this coin which is not only very pretty but appears to have doubling on the obverse. My understanding of DDO is limited. I had this coin checked out 5 years ago and the guy offered me 20 bucks saying it looked neat but wasn't a "real error"...?

Anyhow I hope some of you can shed light on this piece. It's gorgeous with all the pieces intact. The only thing I don't like is that, although uncirculated, it has its fair share of dings.

I was piecing out another collection a few years ago and presented this and the guy said he saw "absolutely no doubling".. uhh..?

What say you, coin masters?

^ I saw there were a few varieties of the globe on the back. The scratches are on the cellophane from the reeded edge. Envelope is blue just bad lighting.

Cheers and thanks everyone and I appreciate such a great forum!

FredWeinberg

As far as the doubling part, it's not a doubled die.

It's the very very common form of doubling called
'ejection/mechanical' doubling....part of the minting
process, and not an error.......

Azurescens

I think I'm gonna get back into this from the ground up.. thank you for your information.. seems I have plenty of reading to do.. may as well learn everything again from page 1. Thank you.

Azurescens

Is it the same kind of doubling like in this 1968-S cent?

FredWeinberg

Yes......very common especially
on 1968-S thru 1970-S cents,
as well as every other denomination,
date, and mintmark.

I'd suggest you pick up a copy of the
CherryPicker's Guide to Die Varieties -
it has a great Appendix describing and
showing the difference between a doubled die
and ejection/mechanical doubling.