FOUND MY FIRST DOUBLE DIE LINCOLN!!!!!!!!!

[moff347]

Well boys this is by far my best find ever, for a single coins value that is.

I went through 2 boxes of cents tonight. first box gave up only 5 wheats. However, one was a beautiful 1951-D red gem. Always nice to find. The next box held 12 wheats with one being a 1917. Well the last box also held another little gem.



Yep that's right. I found a 1983 DDR. I could not believe my eyes when I flipped it over. I leaped so far out of my chair I practically knocked over the table. Well it is not in the greatest condition ever but still sits at a good $150, not bad of a 1 cent investment

Here are a couple more pics for yall

 

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[baddbluff]

Spectacular find!! Those are super rare. That's the first I've ever heard anyone find. I have a 65rd, but paid $375 for mine. Congrats!!

 

[SanMartian]

Awesome! The doubling is very pronounced and it looks to be a solid XF. Super cool!

 

[Coppercrazy]

SPECTACULAR find! It has to be worth AT LEAST $100.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Very nice!

 

[Iamrussell]

Dang that's a cool coin- can totally tell with out the loupe
Congrats

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just keep stacking, just keep stacking, stacking stacking stacking

 

[moff347]

I joined this site this previous March and since then I do not recall anyone finding a 1983 DDR. Have any of yall ever heard of one of the individuals on this site running across one of these gems

 

[enamel7]

I found one about 3 years ago that would probably go MS-63.

 

[mountainman 2]

That's an awesome find. Still on my wishlist. Congrats!!

 

[RamsesII]

Bad-Ass

 

[50cent]

Well boys this is by far my best find ever, for a single coins value that is.

I went through 2 boxes of cents tonight. first box gave up only 5 wheats. However, one was a beautiful 1951-D red gem. Always nice to find. The next box held 12 wheats with one being a 1917. Well the last box also held another little gem.

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Yep that's right. I found a 1983 DDR. I could not believe my eyes when I flipped it over. I leaped so far out of my chair I practically knocked over the table. Well it is not in the greatest condition ever but still sits at a good $150, not bad of a 1 cent investment

Here are a couple more pics for yall

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[foundinrolls]

That is a great find! Let me tell you that your coin is an early die state example which means that the coin was struck early in the run with the effected die. Consequently, the doubling is very strong and crisp. That increases the value to a degree as many 1983 DDR examples are mid to late die state. It's a Fabulous looking coin on the reverse. I hope the obverse is as nice.

As far as finding them, I've found six in total. I kept one and sold all the rest over the years.

I lived in Lebanon, PA for many years and these were a "local" discovery. The earliest finds were in the Lancaster, PA area so I had a better chance of finding them.

I have emails from a few people that have found them in rolls so they are still out there!

Those in PA probably still have a better chance to find one in a roll.

Have Fun,
Bill O'

 

[Yinzi50]

That is a great find! Let me tell you that your coin is an early die state example which means that the coin was struck early in the run with the effected die. Consequently, the doubling is very strong and crisp. That increases the value to a degree as many 1983 DDR examples are mid to late die state. It's a Fabulous looking coin on the reverse. I hope the obverse is as nice.

As far as finding them, I've found six in total. I kept one and sold all the rest over the years.

I lived in Lebanon, PA for many years and these were a "local" discovery. The earliest finds were in the Lancaster, PA area so I had a better chance of finding them.

I have emails from a few people that have found them in rolls so they are still out there!

Those in PA probably still have a better chance to find one in a roll.

Have Fun,
Bill O'

Interesting to know.

Congrats to the OP! Still on my wish list!

 

[baddbluff]

That is a great find! Let me tell you that your coin is an early die state example which means that the coin was struck early in the run with the effected die. Consequently, the doubling is very strong and crisp. That increases the value to a degree as many 1983 DDR examples are mid to late die state. It's a Fabulous looking coin on the reverse. I hope the obverse is as nice.

As far as finding them, I've found six in total. I kept one and sold all the rest over the years.

I lived in Lebanon, PA for many years and these were a "local" discovery. The earliest finds were in the Lancaster, PA area so I had a better chance of finding them.

I have emails from a few people that have found them in rolls so they are still out there!

Those in PA probably still have a better chance to find one in a roll.

Have Fun,
Bill O'

Six? Wow! That's awesome. I guess when it rains, it pours. I wish I'd have known that 2 yrs ago when I was there. I would have bought 10 boxes of cents & sent them home.

It seems like most errors are found in concentrations like that: the '82 no P dimes were mostly found in Ohio; the Wisconsin extra leaf quarters were mostly found in AZ & TX; the '55 doubled die was mostly found in New England - a lot of them in cigarette packs (2c in package as change - they sold for 25c in vending machines).

 

[moff347]

Yeah I heard about the Wisconsin error being prominent in the Houston, TX area. As a result I boosted my quarter boxes several months ago, but have thus far been unsuccessful. Thus far I have found the following:

- 3 Arizona extra cactus leaf
- 1 Alaska seven claw
- 1 Idaho semi-major cud
- Several Delaware spitting horses
- 1 spitting eagle (1996 i think)
- 2 dozen or so die cracks
- 5 Silver quarters
- 2 Proofs

 

[foundinrolls]

It turns out that initial discoveries of major die varieties are regional and the reason is fairly logical. This scenario is general and not specific but it illustrates a point. If you imagine back to an earlier time, coin presses were used that sometimes had 4 pair of dies working at the same time. One pair of dies would be producing whatever die variety was being created. Let's say the 1983 DDR.

OK, the coins were struck and fell into a huge bin and that means that a huge bin was eventually filled with a mix of coins where about 25% of the total could be 1983 DDR cents. They would be relatively concentrated at this point.

In '83 cents were bagged in $50 (5000 coin) bags. The mix is getting diluted depending upon how the cents were in the bin, prior to bagging but you would still have a better chance of a DDR being in the bag.

So at that point, bags are delivered to the Federal Reserve bank in Philly and from there the coins were distributed to counting companies like Brinks. Now the banks closer to Philly would be more likely to get the coins from Brinks. Thus, the 1983DDR cents had a higher distribution in the Lancaster PA area since that is what, about 50 miles outside of Philly.

Often a larger percentage of a certain die variety ends up turning up in a certain area because the distribution chain keeps the coins together, more or less until they really get out there in circulation.

 

[foundinrolls]

Yeah I heard about the Wisconsin error being prominent in the Houston, TX area. As a result I boosted my quarter boxes several months ago, but have thus far been unsuccessful. Thus far I have found the following:

- 3 Arizona extra cactus leaf
- 1 Alaska seven claw
- 1 Idaho semi-major cud
- Several Delaware spitting horses
- 1 spitting eagle (1996 i think)
- 2 dozen or so die cracks
- 5 Silver quarters
- 2 Proofs

All good stuff, but you should be looking for doubled ear lobes on Washington as well.

 

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