Double die?!

I'm convinced I finally found a beautiful double die wheat penny. My vision isn't the best though lol. What do you think?

 

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No. It's from the strike, it wasn't on the die.

 

Can you explain that to me? Sorry, I'm just now learning all this stuff.

 

You have to read about it. But short of that, they strike these coins very rapidly, and they don't come out cookie-cutter precise. Strike doubling will occur when there's movement when the coin is struck. Die doubling comes off the die, itself. That's how the die looked when it was made, it was doubled. Every coin has strike doubling, to one degree or another. Die doubling is collectible because it repeats. That is to say, every coin struck by that doubled die looks like that. Strike doubling is an accident, unique to that coin. It's collectible, sometimes, but only when it's real extreme.

 

That's a very nice coin, BTW, very high grade. There's not much market value in it, as yet, as there are just too many like that.

 

Here is some information on the subject.
https://www.error-ref.com/double-die/
https://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/
http://doubleddie.com/58222.html
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/1958ddo1.html

 

And what is it you look for to be able to determine which one it is? Thank you for explaining it to me!

 

It appears that you have an indirect design transfer on the reverse. Look that up and learn another interesting variation.

 

Thank you! Someone gave me an old roll of pennies that hadn't been opened. It's from 1958 so I have a lot of uncirculated wheat pennies from 1940s and 50s. Seeing them as they looked back then really is a neat experience. I guess I assumed they were made already used looking lol

 

I'll do that right now. Thank you

 

Can you see the upside down outline of the obverse profile of Lincoln on the reverse? Not necessarily valuable, but fun to find and collect.

 

@Myka Gilliam
You probably know by now with the information given on this thread. But just to remind you..

The correct numismatic terminology is Doubled Die. Not Double die. Big difference.

 

I swear medical terminology was a breeze compared to numismatic terminology. Nonetheless, I appreciate the correction!

 

Your coin is a DDR
Easy way to tell is the bead between the E & P of E PLURIBUS .

You should be able to match it to this site
http://www.varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/DDR 1958.htm

 

Yes! Actually I can on all the pennies from that roll. Must be a heat thing bc they had been in a roll almost 70 years. Maybe the heat warped them?

 

Here's a pic to show the difference between Strike Doubling and Die Doubling.

 

Actually, it is a mechanical process that happens at the mint. And, if you have a mint roll, it is likely that they were struck from the same dies. Look up the process of indirect design transfer.

 

Is this a clash?

 

https://www.error-ref.com/progressive-indirect-design-transfer/