Another 2006P DDO - a Class-4!!!

[murphy]

Can see a little doubling in LIBERTY & IN GOD from this distance...

Upon closer examination the separation lines become evident ...on all letters & numbers! Check out the dramatic doubling inside the G. Is this class 1 doubling?

[JRocco]

Holy crap-----there is nothing little about this monster...

Look at that rotational doubling WOW

Major big time find here Murph...Congrats
This one is a really big find.....

I gotta go back and drool over these pics some more now....

[ddorpm]

WOW Murphy!!! Totally awesome!

It looks like a Class I rotated hub doubling. How in the world can a Class I come from a single-squeeze????

Whatever the answer -- that is super nice!!!! I really like the doubling on the letters of LIBERTY. But again, all of it is a knock out!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Glad I stopped by the bank and got $100 circulated cent rolls to search this weekend.

[murphy]

Thanks so much John and Billy! And Billy, good luck, hope you find a good one. Just remember where you saw it first though, lol. (no offense)

[ddorpm]

I'm also hoping to find that 2006 cent strong totally separated earlobe and doubled beard.

Congrats again on a super find Murph!

[Bob P]

And the plot thickens... No doubt about it Murph. It has all the earmarks of a class 1, but as Billy said, I don't know how that is possible. Whatever it is, it is a beautiful specimen and well worth inclusion on the site. Congrats on an exquisite find Murph.

[ddorpm]

Murph -- Now that I have had a chance to study your photos more closely, I have changed my mind and believe it's from a Class IV offset hub doubling. The doubling on the letter "Y" of LIBERTY is just as strong as on the letter "L". All of the letters of LIBERTY are just about a full letter bar spread.

On a Class I the doubling would decrease as one goes toward the center of the rotation point. However, with the "Y" pretty much the same strength of doubling as the letter "L" and looking also at the letter "E" of WE it's looking more like a Class IV type to me.

Another area to point out is the rim. I notice what looks like to me a separation line running along the inner rim in the motto photos. It has a tapering off affect on the rim at the "IN GOD" and "TRUST" photos. But, as we look at the "WE" photo I can see that separation line on the rim with a much wider shift. With a Class IV shift on a north/south axis movement that would explain the difference.

This to me has all the earmarks of a traditional multiple hubbing process and not a single-squeeze type.

Totally amazing find!

[wavysteps2003]

Multiple hubbing on this die? We all know that the single squeeze put an end to that!!!

HMMM - I think that someone suggested that it maybe one of the reasons why the Mint still has the slots on the hub, so that a second hubbing can, if needed, be accompished.

Well anyway Murph, I knew that it would not be long until your inquisitive eyes found something very worth of note. Please put me on the growing list of people to see this die; would like to include it in an article for ERRORSCOPE.

To wrap this up, great find Murph. It only goes to prove what is out there just waiting to be found.

BJ Neff

[Earwig]

I read an article on the single squeeze process i will try and find the link and post it but it basically said that even though they try to single squeeze all working dies there are occasions that dies require another squeeze and that is determined by a inspection of the die maker. If he sees that the die has a weak impression he can put it in line for reprocessing which includes resqueezing or scraping at his discretion. They must be learning from the auto makers GM stamping plants are at 99 percent repair on all body panels made. Its cheaper to fix it then make a new die or even fix the die. And also they discussed die making on History Channel Modern Marvels on tuesday and mentioned inspectors sending dies back to the die room before heat treat. In my opinion there is only so much the die room could do with it resqueeze or deburr etc.

Eric

[eagames]

Thats an amazing one. Maybe this explains why there are other 06-Ps that also have doubling that has seperation (not just extra wideness) on TY which seemed tough to explain with single squeeze, maybe they were not all as single sqeezed as we thought.

How can it be that nobody saw this one before now!

Murph, I hope you can wrangle up some more of these they are very nice

[Gabe]

OMG... what an amazing find!

Congratulations in finding one of the strongest modern lincoln cent doubled dies!

[coop]

Great find Murph. Hope you got a whole box of them. I would like one of those...

[Steven]

WOW

[Dick]

Murph, I'll add my two cents, and make it 100%! That is NICE! Coop says he hopes you have a whole box of them, and he would like one of them! How many boxes of them did you say you found???? Just goes to prove a point, they "say" single squeeze, but how can we be sure? Let the press roll, er, mint!!!, (and keep the doubles coming)!
Dick

[murphy]

Thanks y'all. Coop you're out of luck buddy, I only found the one and it was found in Fed wrapped rolls from the 8th Federal Reserve District (St. Louis). I've been getting new and used cents by the box from my favorite "lucky" bank. The 1999 Wide AM that I found several weeks ago was purchased there as was this coin, so they haven't let me down yet!