coins on ebay, wtf

[xLibelle]

r3v is running slow tonight so i was testing out firefox and caught myself staring at ebays front page and saw the coins link.. what the hell, lets take a look.

...ok, nothing really interesting here... a penny... $183... huh

http://cgi.ebay.com/1972-72-Lincoln-Memorial-Penny-Superb-Red-GEM_W0QQitemZ330125524470QQihZ014QQcategoryZ31373QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

someone clue me in here because i'm about to go and break my pig and start taking pictures of my under valued alloys

[Pedro]

http://www.pennies.org/history/seven.html

[xLibelle]

that shit is greek to me.

back to our regularly scheduled e30 content

[Jscotty]

Its a double-die penny meaning that the machine that stamped it out hit the coin twice causing the image to be slightly doubled or "blurry". Its pretty much the same way as if you attempted to rubber stamp something twice in the same spot.

[AndrewBird]

Its a double-die penny meaning that the machine that stamped it out hit the coin twice causing the image to be slightly doubled or "blurry". Its pretty much the same way as if you attempted to rubber stamp something twice in the same spot.

Incorrect. The error actually occurs when they are making either master dies, working hubs or working dies. Read here:

http://www.coinresource.com/articles/doubled_dies.htm

Just a little fact, many coins made to be collected and not circulated are stamped twice on purpose to produce better detail.

[xLibelle]

this is the only interest in coins ill ever have
http://205.243.100.155/frames/gallery/coins4.jpg