it looks like mechanical or machine doubling to me, which in My opinion is an error just not a real rare one. in other words it probly would not add value to the coin. But we can wait and see what the more experianced error collectors have to say . Rick
Hi, Rick. The B looks interesting, but isn't conclusive. Is there doubling elsewhere on the coin? Can you post other photos? How about the R? Thanks! CBD
Hi,CBD I can't see any doubling anywhere else. I took 2 more pic's. One of the (R) and one of the obverse. If you need more pictures let me know. Thanks for the help! Rick
Well, doesn't have any of the characteristics of a doubled die. Most likely, as Metalman said, it is some damage to the coin after it was struck, mechanical or machine doubling. It's neat, but won't add much to the value of the coin. Thanks for the added photos! Keep searching!
Pouring through some merc's I was going through some merc's and found an error in a 1924 D merc dime. I Googled it and found this page/ thread. During the evening I found four more 24's so now I have two plain and three D's. All three D's appear to show doubling of some type in the 1 of the date. Two show 1 and the 9 doubling and one of these shows doubling of the B in Liberty. I will get some photos to add later. The coins are poor so perhaps someone has a clean 1924 D to inspect. Thanks
Interesting...That's defintely a doubled die error,but It's usually all the letters. It could be worth more than It's face value.
Judging by the "flatness" of the lower B, this is a classic example of machine doubling, ie it was struck twice.
Howdy mercuryhead - Welcome to the Forum !! Folks you are mixing up your posts here. mercuryhead's post is a new one about a different coin. The coin pictured at the beginning of this post is entirely different than his and was made quite a few months ago. mercuryhead, if you can post pics of your coin - please do so. And just as a matter of clarification, machine/mechanical doubling is not caused by the coin being struck twice. It caused by one or both of the coin dies moving slightly as the two dies separate. This movement literally pushes part of the design elements to one side creating the shelf-like appearance.
I would have to vote for a die or hib doubling of some sort. Mabey the die was hub by two different dies? My reasoning is as follows. Mercury dimes are the same size as Roosevelts, SMALL. The shelving that eveyone is reffering to is only shown on the one letter. For a peice of the die to rotate only at that one letter the die would have had to have been remove from all but that one letter then it was shifted which would give a different shift pattern. It would look kinda like an inclided plane next to the letter. The other possibility is that only the area around the "B" moved, but thats physically impossible. I'd have to say that the coin requires a closer inspection for a definative conclusion to be achieved. I do not see how a coin can be mechanically doubled in only one very small area. rwages- Can you post a close up of the "E". I think there may be more going on at that letter and it's photo may help.
Morgan - that post by rwages was made back in Feb. By the way, you may think it's physically impossible for mechanical doubling to only appear on one letter or digit or two - but it does. And it does so quite commonly. Don't ask me to explain how it does - I can't. You wouldn't think it physically possible for doubling as the result of a doubled die to appear on just a few letters or digits either - but it does.
From Mercuryhead Thanks for the welcome! I'll get a chance to inspect the coins tomorrow under a digital magnifyer. I'll see if I can reproduce my findings later in the week. Sorry for the confusion of jumping in on a thread but this site was the most relevent thing I found on the web. I was suprised to hear from someone so quickly.
