1955 Double Die Obverse

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rjd65
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1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by rjd65 » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:01 pm

I was going through a small lot of just over 50 x 1955 quarters to see if I had any of the double die reverse variety. Unfortunately, I did not. As I was doing this I checked for any obverse or reverse die breaks. In the lot I did discover one quarter with a die break, however the most interesting find was a quarter with obvious doubling of most of the legend letters. Attached is a PDF of some of the letters (GRATIA and the last A in REGINA) compared to a quarter that had no doubling.
There doesn't seem to be any mention of this potential variety for 1955 Quarters offered for sale on eBay nor could I see the doubling on any of the 30 out of about 60 listings where the images allowed probable identification. If anyone else has come across such a 1955, I'd very much like to know. It would be interesting to gauge how scarce this potential variety may be and if it merits addition into future coin catalogue editions. RD
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1955 Canada 25 Cents Obverse Double Die.pdf
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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by castor » Thu Apr 14, 2022 5:16 pm

Hi rjd65

Coinsandcanada.com does not take PDF, only photos.
BYE. Image

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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by rjd65 » Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:11 pm

Ok thanks for the info. Please see attached images of selected legend letters. If anyone would like to see a few other letters I will accommodate. As I stated previously, the majority of the letters show the DD effect.
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A in GRATIA _ noDD.jpg
A in GRATIA _ noDD.jpg (52.38 KiB) Viewed 5463 times
A in GRATIA.jpg
A in GRATIA.jpg (60.88 KiB) Viewed 5463 times
T in GRATIA.jpg
T in GRATIA.jpg (61.57 KiB) Viewed 5463 times
T in GRATIA_noDD.jpg
T in GRATIA_noDD.jpg (46.92 KiB) Viewed 5463 times

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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by rjd65 » Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:17 pm

Here 's a couple more for fun.
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G in GRATIA.jpg
G in GRATIA
G in GRATIA.jpg (61.64 KiB) Viewed 5462 times
G in GRATIA_no DD.jpg
G in GRATIA not DD
G in GRATIA_no DD.jpg (53.91 KiB) Viewed 5462 times
A in REGINA.jpg
A in REGINA
A in REGINA.jpg (59.63 KiB) Viewed 5462 times
A in REGINA_noDD.jpg
A in REGINA not DD
A in REGINA_noDD.jpg (55.09 KiB) Viewed 5462 times

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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by TBH » Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:15 am

It's not a doubled die.
It's machine doubling.

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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Post by Bill in Burl » Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:11 am

Agree, it's not a doubled die and that it's machine doubling (MD). A couple of the letters may also have some die deterioration doubling as the die wore and the edges of the design in the die wore away. It's not a variety and adds nothing to the value and may actually detract from it.

Here's a good link to save, as well as the links at the bottom of the article:
http://doubleddie.com/144801.html
Bill in Burl

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Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse ?

Post by rjd65 » Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:37 pm

Thank you for that extremely useful info gentlemen. After reading the very interesting and educational info in the link you provided Bill there is no doubt this is mechanical doubling. As to the value the coin, it is only in Fine condition, however for me its value lies in the exemplification of this phenomenon and I will definitely keep it as an educational example. Besides, based on this being the only example I've seen so far our of over 50 x 1955 viewed it does seem to be an uncommon occurrence. Undoubtedly I may detect more of these as I scrutinize other coins. RD

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