$25 penny box gives up a 1997 double ear

[Historyhound]

I just pulled this beauty out of this weeks box of pennies. This one is so nice, I may just send it off to ANACS for grading.

 

[enamel7]

Yepper, that's a nice one!

 

[Ohioan]

Do you happen to know how many were made that way that year?

 

[Historyhound]

Do you happen to know how many were made that way that year?

Haven't found any numbers just the description of "very scarce to rare".

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1997DblEar1cOffer.htm

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

nice!!!

 

[lahmejoon]

Might be a dumb question, but what do you use to magnify enough to see the variation when you are hunting? Just a loop?

 

[Historyhound]

Might be a dumb question, but what do you use to magnify enough to see the variation when you are hunting? Just a loop?

Yep, jeweler's loupe, 16x.

 

[enamel7]

Do you happen to know how many were made that way that year?

Not trying to come across as a wise guy, but the question is impossible to answer. If they knew about the coins the mint would have removed them and the die. The making of the coins was not intentional.
Any total would be an educated guess only.
HH
enamel7