huntsman53
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Hey Folks,
Be on the lookout for a possible new Double Die Reverse Variety on the 2013-P Great Basin Nevada Quarters! I found one that has doubling North through Southeast on "GREAT BASIN" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and it it appears to be Class II Distorted Hub Doubling. If this is a true Double Die Reverse Variety, then it is the result of distortion in either the Die or the Hub between pressings of the image into a Working Die. I can find no doubling elsewhere on the Reverse like what is seen on the WDDR-001, WDDR-002 and WDDR-003 Varieties. What is odd is that the doubling is only on the outer devices of the coin on "GREAT BASIN" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and not on (the Date) "2013" and on "NEVADA" which indicates that the these latter areas on the Die or Hub came back to normal after a hubbing and the annealing process (in between pressings) but the former areas did not. I took some pics inside of the Reverse of the coin to post on here but they are of no use in showing the doubling on the coin. I will try to take some more pics outside in the natural light and if they come out showing the doubling, I will post them. I must admit that is hard to determine if it is actual Class II Doubled Die Doubling on the coin or Machine Doubling since these devices are incuse which makes it harder to see any possible Split Serifs but I believe I can see very slight Split Serifs on some of the letters.
On another note: I keep and collect 1983-P Lincoln Memorial Cents to check for the elusive Doubled Die Reverse Variety DDR-001 and/or evidence of a Die that had the Doubling but was repaired to remove any evidence of it. This is normally found as excessively ground areas and devices on the coin and it is my hopes to find one that has this but also one that has some of the Doubling still left on it that was not ground away. In doing so, I found a 1983-P Lincoln Memorial Cent which has a slightly weak strike and due to excessive grinding and polishing, it is missing almost all of the (FG) Designer's Initials. I am not sure that this will be considered a major error or not but I am keeping it!
Frank
Be on the lookout for a possible new Double Die Reverse Variety on the 2013-P Great Basin Nevada Quarters! I found one that has doubling North through Southeast on "GREAT BASIN" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and it it appears to be Class II Distorted Hub Doubling. If this is a true Double Die Reverse Variety, then it is the result of distortion in either the Die or the Hub between pressings of the image into a Working Die. I can find no doubling elsewhere on the Reverse like what is seen on the WDDR-001, WDDR-002 and WDDR-003 Varieties. What is odd is that the doubling is only on the outer devices of the coin on "GREAT BASIN" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and not on (the Date) "2013" and on "NEVADA" which indicates that the these latter areas on the Die or Hub came back to normal after a hubbing and the annealing process (in between pressings) but the former areas did not. I took some pics inside of the Reverse of the coin to post on here but they are of no use in showing the doubling on the coin. I will try to take some more pics outside in the natural light and if they come out showing the doubling, I will post them. I must admit that is hard to determine if it is actual Class II Doubled Die Doubling on the coin or Machine Doubling since these devices are incuse which makes it harder to see any possible Split Serifs but I believe I can see very slight Split Serifs on some of the letters.
On another note: I keep and collect 1983-P Lincoln Memorial Cents to check for the elusive Doubled Die Reverse Variety DDR-001 and/or evidence of a Die that had the Doubling but was repaired to remove any evidence of it. This is normally found as excessively ground areas and devices on the coin and it is my hopes to find one that has this but also one that has some of the Doubling still left on it that was not ground away. In doing so, I found a 1983-P Lincoln Memorial Cent which has a slightly weak strike and due to excessive grinding and polishing, it is missing almost all of the (FG) Designer's Initials. I am not sure that this will be considered a major error or not but I am keeping it!
Frank
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But yes, for anyone wishing to make a new discovery (coin or otherwise), you absolutely MUST be discreet in who you talk to and follow a safe path to discovery...without dragging your feet as well.
Now that I fully understand what is entailed in the words "absolute trust", it's disheartening to see just how little such trust is in the world today. Seems like the people that need such trust the most are the ones that get turned on first. ...Maybe they make for easy targets?
