Now this is a rather rare coin...1951 proof doubled die Lincoln

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• DesertRat Posts: 1,791 ✭

  November 29, 2004 2:05PM

  Great photos Chuck.
  
  Nice coin too!!

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• JRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 29, 2004 2:52PM

  Got that one up quick C.D. Nice looking coin and as usual - great pics. Now I have even more sets to search thru.

  Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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• ccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭

  November 29, 2004 2:58PM

  Nice pix, CD. Please pardon the ignorance of someone who doesn't check for DDO/DDR varieities, but what distinguishes this from machine doubling? Doubling in the center of the design?

  "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor

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• coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭

  November 29, 2004 3:31PM

  It's actually the type of doubling, not the location. Diagnostics that are visible to the somewhat practiced eye make distinguishing the difference rather easy. With a little knowledge and practice it isn't hard at all.

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• joeyuk Posts: 3,282

  November 29, 2004 9:40PM

  To expand a little. Machine doubling is unique to each coin. All are not identical. Doubled dies are just that, the die has more then one impression so all coins struck from that die are identical.

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