What to do if you find a previously undiscovered doubled die?

Tanman2001 · Jul 30, 2016

I was wondering what am I supposed to do if I find a doubled die variety not listed in CONECA, Wexler, etc. While roll hunting I found a 2015 penny doubled die and could not find a similar one in either CONECA or Wexler. I'll put in photos if you're curious about that penny. What should I do with this coin

BARKER · Jul 30, 2016

Hi; I am not sure ok. I believe what you have is called a Die Shift variety. I've seen a lot of those. The one thing I did notice here is that there is a blob of metal located on the left side of the base of the first T in the word STATES. I am not sure what has caused that. Wait for the coin guys here. Good Luck. PEACE:RONB

baddbluff · Jul 30, 2016

Looks like strike doubling, not a true doubled die.

smokeythecat · Jul 30, 2016

Do a happy dance of course. Could be strike doubling, can't tell. If the edges of the doubling is FLAT, that's strike doubling. The 2015-P's had a lot of double dies, however. I have found a few.

enamel7 · Jul 30, 2016

Send to Wexler. I believe his submission fee is listed on the site. If it's new he will assign a number and list it. Then he will send it back with a first discovery letter. You can send that to a grading company and they will designate it on the slab as a discovery piece. I personally don't know what the others are seeing. This is definitely a doubled die.

Tanman2001 · Jul 30, 2016

The glare in those photos made it look like mechanical doubling so here's a better photo:

BARKER · Jul 30, 2016

Hi; Seeing the second picture I can't agree with it being a true Double Die. Rather I believe it was caused by Die Shifting where the Die actually moves a bit due to the Die being loose to give it that effect. BUUUUTTT Then again I am no expert on Errors ok. It's just that I have seen many of the same details before on Die Shifted coins. I wish you good luck. PEACE:RONB

kcm · Jul 30, 2016

In the very first pic of the thread, the "2" in 2015 looked promising. However, I have seen similar before and thought it might be reflection or glare. The last pic you provided is better. I don't know how to explain it, as I'm brand new to this as well. However, I see LOTS of coins that appear to have a bit of an impression or distortion close to numbers and/or letters. From what I can tell, it's just part of the process. ...But then, I've been known to be wrong once or twice.....PER HOUR! :tongue3:

Tanman2001 · Aug 11, 2016

kcm said:
In the very first pic of the thread, the "2" in 2015 looked promising. However, I have seen similar before and thought it might be reflection or glare. The last pic you provided is better. I don't know how to explain it, as I'm brand new to this as well. However, I see LOTS of coins that appear to have a bit of an impression or distortion close to numbers and/or letters. From what I can tell, it's just part of the process. ...But then, I've been known to be wrong once or twice.....PER HOUR!

Sorry I took so long to reply, I was on vacation recently. The arrows I put in the photo aren't meant to point towards the impression next to the numbers, but the notching in the numbers.