I found a 1976 D double die reverse quarter. (this was the best photo I could get). The double die occurs through out the entire "Quarter Dollar" phrase. Question: Has anyone ever seen a bicentennial quarter like this?
I can't tell from this photo, but I think you should use some pliers to mash down the points of the staples. I've seen many a coin scratched by these. Chris
Nice closeup on the second pic ANiMoL. I agree with what others have said regarding your coin. Welcome to the forum.........
I guess one way to know that it isn't a doubled die is by not finding other coins like it. If there are hundreds or thousands reported that look exactly like it, then it's because they were struck by a doubled die. Strike doubling happens to a single coin, although the process may happen again later in production but randomly and with a slightly different appearance, location, etc. This is as far as I know. The doubling I see looks noticeable but I've never heard of it on this issue so I'm going with what I previously wrote
If there are thousands of doubledied coins why do people want so bad looks to me like thedouble strike would be more sought after#???
The die itself is doubled, then that’s imparted to the planchet to make the doubled die coin. In strike doubling, it’s just a hop, skip or jump in the striking of the coin by the normal die. These coins are minted rapidly like machine gun fire, and that happens a lot. The higher the magnification the more you’ll see that doubling from the striking on just about every coin to one degree or another. Does that help explain any?
Correction.. Strike Doubling not Doubled. Doubled is only used when talking about a true Doubled Die variety
Mechanical Doubling and Die Deterioration Doubling fall into the worthless doubling category. They have absolutely nothing to do with a true Doubled Die variety. Unfortunately many new coin collectors don't understand this and they waste so much time searching for doubled dies when the majority are MD and DDD
