1972 DDO

logger7

A local guy wanted to know if his 1972 DDO 1c was worth submission fees. I said I would ask here. Thanks!

cmerlo1

It isn't die #1 (which would be worth certifying) and I'm not really seeing any doubling at all. Some of the other dies are pretty minor, though, and it may not be visible in that photo. In that grade, unless it's a DDO-004 (and it doesn't look like it to me- I've owned 11 of them) the lesser DDO's are usually worth less than $10. I would say no.

logger7

OK, thanks, the guy said he spent a lot of time looking it up. Reminds me of the "poor man's" 55 DD. lol

thebeav

Yes, I'm not seeing anything in that photo either.
Holy smokes, Eleven die number 4's.....that's really something. The only one I've NEVER had.......

cmerlo1

@thebeav said:
Yes, I'm not seeing anything in that photo either.
Holy smokes, Eleven die number 4's.....that's really something. The only one I've NEVER had.......

Here are 7 of them :

Jimnight

It's not the FS-101 or the FS 104 so I would say no.

LeeBone

I want my 72 Doubling to look like this

COINS MAKE CENTS

not one of the severe ones so i would say no. plus the coin has issues that would make it not straight grade

dpoole

Not the DDO. See Leebone's post.

DCW

@cmerlo1 said:

@thebeav said:
Yes, I'm not seeing anything in that photo either.
Holy smokes, Eleven die number 4's.....that's really something. The only one I've NEVER had.......

Here are 7 of them :

Man, I remember when these (FS-104) would sell for $2k. Hope you made some money while they were hot.

Treashunt

I see nothing!

[in my best Sgt. Schultz voice]

logger7

Thanks for the education guys (and maybe women). The public sometimes thinks they have something special. No one wants to deflate their hopes but there is reality.

Treashunt

@logger7 said:
Thanks for the education guys (and maybe women). The public sometimes thinks they have something special. No one wants to deflate their hopes but there is reality.

Kind of like the deflation watching any reality TV show

[trying to avoid being political.]

thebeav

Man, I remember when these (FS-104) would sell for $2k. Hope you made some money while they were hot.

I never knew that these got cheap ?

ricko

I do not see doubling, and certainly not the valuable '72 DDO..... Cheers, RickO

BuffaloIronTail

@ricko said:
I do not see doubling, and certainly not the valuable '72 DDO..... Cheers, RickO

The "Real Deal" 1972 DDO is most certainly worth collecting. I've got a PCGS OGH 64RD, and the price seems to hold up quite well.

It's the one coin that I show non collectors that gets the "Wow Factor" out of them.

And no..........I don't have "The Big One" 55. Wish I did.

Pete

cmerlo1

@DCW said:

@cmerlo1 said:

@thebeav said:
Yes, I'm not seeing anything in that photo either.
Holy smokes, Eleven die number 4's.....that's really something. The only one I've NEVER had.......

Here are 7 of them :

Man, I remember when these (FS-104) would sell for $2k. Hope you made some money while they were hot.

Oh, I did.

BillJones

I see doubling on the digits on the date, but it is not the valuable one. From what I've read there are many minor 1972-P doubled die cents. There was an older gentlemean at the Philadelphia Mint who said he had found a way to make working dies faster. Unfortunately his method led to more double dies.

DCW

@BillJones said:
There was an older gentlemean at the Philadelphia Mint who said he had found a way to make working dies faster. Unfortunately his method led to more double dies.

I wish he'd come out of retirement. Most of today's doubled dies are boring blobs that require a lot of imagination.

Flatwoods

I have been searching for 64 or 65 brown example for years.
The couple I found didn't suit.
Red examples are pretty common but brown ones are scarce.