This is a 1952-D Jefferson nickel featuring a doubled die obverse. Listed as DDO-001 in the CONECA files, it features a light spread on LIBERTY, the star and the date. The mintmark is also filled. This coin was found in a roll purchased on eBay and grades Fine. These are difficult to spot due to […]

This 1940-S Lincoln cent shows a very nice retained cud on the reverse. This happens when a portion of the die breaks off during striking, resulting in the metal flowing into the space where the broken die portion was. These are not too often found in the wild and in this case it was found […]

This is a very nice example of a 1939 Jefferson nickel featuring a quadruple-die reverse. It is listed as FS# 802 (old 022.5) in The Cherrypicker’s Guide and DDR-002 in the CONECA files. This coin was found in a solid-date roll purchased on eBay and grades Extremely Fine. It carries a value between $50-$60 in […]

Here is a nice example of a doubled-die featuring doubling of Lincoln’s eyelid. It is listed in the CONECA files as DDO-009 and in Coppercoins as 1-DO-007. This coin is in Fine condition and carries an estimated value of $1.

To show how localized strike doubling can be and to show how it is different from a doubled-die, take a look at this 1944-S Lincoln cent. As can be seen on the 9 and first 4 of the date there is a significant shift on the numbers. This might be mistaken for a doubled-die but […]