read a thread months ago about a 2004 Roosevelt error/variety

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• coinsarefun Posts: 21,760 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 1, 2008 4:07PM

  From About.com
  
  
  " ” The cover story for this issue is the mysterious 2004-D Roosevelt Dime which has an apparent doubled ear. The doubled ear is difficult to see in the small photo I have here, but if you click through to Billy’s site and look at the full-sized Die Variety News #13 cover, you’ll see an enlargement of this intriguing coin.
  
  Inside issue #13, Billy examines this remarkable coin and provides an answer to the question people have been asking ever since the coin was discovered: Is it a doubled die? Was this semi-circular mark on the ear made by the same person who added the “extra leaf” to certain Wisconsin Quarters (also done at the Denver Mint in 2004?) Or is this mark just some kind of random die damage? Billy shows us what he thinks is the cause, using his lovely large-sized microphotographs and a clear, point-by-point explanation of his theory."
  
  
  
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  Die Variety News
  
  edited to add direct pdf file
  
  
  I hope this helps and most importantly........Good Luck
  
  
  
  Stefanie

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• direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭

  July 1, 2008 4:31PM

  Thanks Stephanie
  
  Thats exactly the info I was looking for.

  I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.
  
  You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
  
  
  

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• errormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:03AM

  There is no consensus concerning the cause of the "extra" ear. I've done my own overlays and examined the coin in person. In my opinion, it is not a doubled die. Neither the shape nor the cross-sectional profile matches the helix of Roosevelt's ear. I've concluded it's a curved die dent. Ken Potter thinks it's a clash mark.

  Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.

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• direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:09AM

  I'm assuming that there isnt much added value since I rarely ever hear anything about them?

  I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.
  
  You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
  
  
  

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• coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:14AM

  I think it's the work of the same mint worker who created the Wisconsin extra leaf errors...They're from the same year AND mint. Coincidence?
  
  
  Here's something I just through together to show the similarities. Sorry the dime picture is so small!
  
  
  
  
  
  -Paul

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• errormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:24AM

  I've only seen two sell on eBay, and they both went for less than $30. They're evidently much rarer than the "extra leaves", but they never had the benefit of nation-wide publicity.

  Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.

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• direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:27AM

  
  
  << <i>they never had the benefit of nation-wide publicity. >>
  
  
  
  Your not joking. They dont even seem to get any publicity on this board. I tried searching for the original thread for 2 or 3 days before asking and never found the thread or anything about them.

  I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.
  
  You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
  
  
  

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• errormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭

  July 2, 2008 1:31AM

  Up close, the contour and vertical cross-sectional profile of the "extra ear" is quite different from the "extra leaves". IF the latter were intentional and IF the "extra ear" was also intentional, then different implements were used.

  Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.

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