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Design Hub Doubling

This coin exhibits hub doubling that occurred as a result of a hub with a slightly different design being used for the subsequent hubbing.  Because of the similarity in the design, the doubling is usually sporadic and localized.  However, designs can have enough differences that the doubling is widespread, as in the case of some overdates.  As you can imagine, this is one of the rarest and most desired classes of doubled dies.  This class of doubled dies can only occur when two or more design varieties are in production at the same time. In order to prove a given doubled die is the result of design hub doubling, we need to provide examples of the two design varieties in normal production. The use of more than one design at the same time was not an uncommon occurrence at the Mint.  The more we study our coinage, the more designs we are discovering. As these designs are documented the likelihood of proving a doubled die is the result of class III, design hub doubling, is greatly increased.  One of the nicest examples is the 1960-D small over large date Lincoln cent.  The doubling on the mintmark is due to repunching and not from the doubled die.

19 of Date 60 of Date
Notice how the doubling is the small date design over the large date design.

 

Below is a list of all verified class III doubled dies for 20th century US coinage currently listed in the CONECA files. 

Date

Denomination

Description

1949-S

1c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, blunt 4 over pointed 4

1949-S 1c DDO-002; 2-O-III, blunt 4 over pointed 4
1949-S 1c DDO-003; 3-O-III, blunt 4 over pointed 4

1960

1c

DDO-001; PR-1-O-III, large over small date

1960

1c

DDO-002; PR-2-O-III, small over large date

1960

1c

DDO-003; PR-3-O-II-C+III (3), large over large over small date

1960-D

1c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, small over large date with RPM-100

1970-S

1c

DDO-001; PR-1-O-III, large over small date

1918-D

5c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, 18/17 Overdate

1943-P

5c

DDO-003; 3-O-III, 43/42 Overdate

1942

10c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, 42/41 Overdate

1942-D

10c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, 42/41 Overdate and RPM-004

1918-S

25c

DDO-001; 1-O-III, 18/17 Overdate

1950-S 25c DDR-001; 1-R-III, low relief design over high relief design
1950-S 25c DDR-003; 3-R-III, low relief design over high relief design
1950-S 25c DDR-004; 4-R-III, low relief design over high relief design

1952

25c

DDR-001; PR-1-R-III, high relief design over low relief design

1952

25c

DDR-002; PR-2-R-III, high relief design over low relief design

1952-D

25c

DDR-001; 1-R-III, low relief design over high relief design
1970-D 25c DDR-001; 1-R-III+V-CW, pointed over round leaf
1970-D 25c DDR-002; 2-R-III+I-CCW, pointed over round leaf
1970-D 25c DDR-004; 4-R-III+I-CCW, pointed over round leaf

1959

50c

DDR-001; 1-R-III, high relief eagle over low relief eagle

 

$1

None Listed

 

 

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