Double and Triple Struck Coins

When a blank planchet is struck by the dies, the normal procedure is for the feeders to eject the struck coin out of the collar and into a chute. If there is a malfunction and the struck coin isn’t ejected, it may receive a second or third strike by the dies. A multiple struck coin can happen in many ways and have many combinations of errors.

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1 Comment(s)

1. George W. Shope | Dec 11, 2008 | Reply

   I recently acquired an interesting triple struck flipover & rotated 20 degrees 1961-D Lincoln Cent and would like your opinion on it.

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   Here’s what I believe is the striking order:

   First strike – Faint Bust of Lincoln on Reverse and faint Memorial on Obverse.

   Second Strike – Faintest Bust of Lincoln on Obverse and faintest Memorial on Reverse.

   Third Strike – Bold Bust of Lincoln on Obverse and Bold Memorial on Reverse.

   I will be sending it to ANACS to have it authenticated and graded but I would appreciate your opinion on it, since there has been one person who believes it isn’t authentic and has said he believes it was struck by false dies composed of a relatively soft metal but I don’t see that. All the fainter strikes appear to be “under” the stronger strikes and not the other way around.

   Ribbit,
   Toad

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