Double Struck Coin Error
Double Struck 1959 Half Penny
An interesting class of coin error is the double struck coin.
Double Struck Errors
1985 Lincoln Penny Double-Strike
Double Strike errors occur when the blank planchet is struck properly but the coin was not ejected. If the struck coin isn't ejected, it may receive a second or third strike by the dies.
Double Struck 1904 Gold Double Eagle by Heritage
Found Treasures: 1914/3-S Nickel by Stewart Huckaby (Heritage)
1795 $1 Flowing Hair, Two Leaves. Struck over previously struck 1794 silver dollar by Heritage ...
Double Struck
A condition that results when a coin is not ejected from the dies and is struck a second time. Such a coin is said to be double-struck. Triple-struck coins and other multiple strikings also are known.
Double Struck - Said of any coin which has received two impressions from the working dies in accidentally imperfect alignment.
524 1874-CC Double Struck. VF-25. Lustrous honey gold with deeper rose highlights in the recessed areas. Free of major marks and quite choice for the assigned grade. Possibly double struck (see note below).
Double Struck Kennedy Half Obverse Cap Mated To
A Double Struck Double Brockage Kennedy Half
Mated Pairs ...
Double struck? Broken reverse legend and smeared figure.
Type:
286-310 (Maximianus) Follis ...
DOUBLE STRUCK Term referring to any coin which has received two impressions form working dies which were accidentally out of alignment during the coining process.
Double Struck - A blurred design on a coin, caused by striking the coin twice.
Electrum - A natural mixture of gold and silver.
Double Struck
A coin which was struck twice by at least one DIE during the striking process.
Double Struck
Constantius II
Antioch mint?
centenionalis
Many ancient coins were struck by more than one blow of the hammer. When the flan shifted between blows the result was a coin with doubling of part of the design.
Note: Double struck and the cuirass is half ghosted with the VG repeated on it ...
Double struck and overstruck imitation
Valentinian II (?)
AE19. 6:00.
A remarkable coin that suggests that official coinage was officially demonetised and reused as flans for counterfeits! ...
Most proof coins are double struck Strike has many meanings:
A strike is a deliberate absence from work. See strike action. A strike is an unarmed attack with hand, arm or elbow in order to cause harm to an opponent. See strike (attack).
Note how on this Kios hemidrachm the obverse shows no sign of having been double struck, but the ghosting of the prow on the right side of the reverse shows a double strike with a significant off-set between the two strikes.
Although very rarely seen, these are attainable grades, since Specimens and Proofs are generally double struck on specially prepared, polished blanks using specially prepared dies on a slow, high pressure press, ...
Most proof coins are double struck. This does not normally result in doubling that is readily observable, but does result in the devices being struck fully.
Lydia, Bageis, Trajan 98 -117 CE Æ 20 (3.68 g)
Obv: Laureate bust right (double struck); AYTO K TPAIAIANOC.
Rev: Demeter standing left, with corn-ears and scepter.
Tom Vossen ...
10. Is the strike bold, average, or weak? Neatly struck or double struck?
Head left wearing bashlyk/Archer seated rt. on omphalos, Shore 13, Sell.10.1. Centered, nice portrait, slightly double struck obv., bold clear rev., light tone, a nice example of a scarcer early ruler, Very Fine....$275 Photo ...
A coin produced for collectors from a specialized manufacturing process, not intended for general circulation. Involves polished planchets and dies, often double struck to accentuate the coin's devices. Common abbreviation is PR, sometimes PRF.
Note that the obverse has been double struck. Doubling can be seen around the 8. More obviously the numeral IIII in the lower obverse legend is stamped over the rim of the shield.
Superior to the Gulbenkian specimen, which is double struck on the reverse. Of exceptionally fine style, & wonderfully detailed on both sides. Iridescent toning. A marvelous specimen!
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SNGCop 42 ...
(It's a blasted R-1 1852 large cent, for Christ's sake!) Or how about this ditty entitled "Double Struck Sheldon-120B Tied for Fourth Finest Known"? Tied for fourth finest?
 See also: Double, Struck, Coin, Mint, Strike
  
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