DD 2003 cents?

[Robert]

Per coin world, some reverses show doubling. It's supposed to be "impossible" with the single squeeze method, but they say it's for real.

They show a picture... look at the base of the columns in the Memorial. The flutes extend into the steps (about 3 steps down).

There are several dies, the strongest being die #2.

Theory is that the die blank was slightly incorrectly installed and then "clunking" into place when the die is pressed.

[Robert]

Article says that "wavy step" varieties from 1994 etc are likely similar phenomena.


Wexler and Potter are cited.


I guess that "the impossible" really can happen.

[coppercoins]

I have one of the 1994 cents, I'm not 100% convinced they are doubled dies, but I can't explain exactly what's up with them if they aren't doubled dies. At any rate, they are hardly a big deal as far as I'm concerned.

I like the 1994 with the extra column inside the far right bay - that one's nice.

[Robert]

from the CW article:


"The Denver (Mint) worker 'even went so far as to describe the "clunk" that a cockeyed die makes when it is forced flush into the chuck (that holds the die blank in place) by the pressure of the hub' Potter said"



"It's like dropping a bit into the chuck of a drill and locking it in place cockeyed".

So when the hub and die are pressed together, there is a "clunk" and and the alignment (which was slightly off) becomes true.

Not really a "doubled" die in the pure sense... more of a misaligned die?

Should we call these coins "clunkers"?