Is this doubling on the date of this 1960P Lincoln cent?

peg · April 28, 2005 1:19AM

Got this form CD's site.

Edited to add it came out of a mint set.

coppercoins · April 28, 2005 1:22AM

What you have appears to be eject doubling, where the coin sticks on the die while being ejected, and the force causes the edges of the digits to ripple upward a bit. The doubling on the coin on my site has separation lines on top of the 60 of the date, and I don't see that on your coin.

peg · April 28, 2005 1:25AM

Thanks, Chuck!

I was curious as to those ripples as you called them. They look sharp.

coppercoins · April 28, 2005 1:41AM

Yup, very sharp - the effect of the recess of the die scooping metal upward as the coin leaves the die. If you have the chance to look at one with greater than 30 power you will see small lines running straight up the slope of the scooped out areas...another sign of what happened.

Is this doubling on the date of this 1960P Lincoln cent?

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