Hinkle Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Hey there everyone, I'm looking at this coin and I want to say DDR and then thinking MD. confusing and interesting at the same time. What would your thoughts be on this. Any info would be appreciated thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Hi Joe!! Well, in looking at your coin, I think what you have is machine doubling on that cent, which is very common on U.S. coins of this time. Very little extra care was taken in minting and packaging the 1965 Special Mint Sets, so you see a lot of the same problems that are common on circulation strikes of the time on the 1965 Special Mint Set coins as well. Basically, a 1965 SMS coin is nothing but a glorified circulation strike made with a tiny bit more care and placed into a cellophane package. I hope this helps, as always ~Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinkle Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 12/4/2021 at 5:14 PM, Mohawk said: Hi Joe!! Well, in looking at your coin, I think what you have is machine doubling on that cent, which is very common on U.S. coins of this time. Very little extra care was taken in minting and packaging the 1965 Special Mint Sets, so you see a lot of the same problems that are common on circulation strikes of the time on the 1965 Special Mint Set coins as well. Basically, a 1965 SMS coin is nothing but a glorified circulation strike made with a tiny bit more care and placed into a cellophane package. I hope this helps, as always ~Tom Thanks Tom, thought it would be MD. Circulation strikes in them years were bad. Thought I would ask before putting the set away. And yes this helps tremendously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 12/4/2021 at 7:22 PM, Hinkle said: Thanks Tom, thought it would be MD. Circulation strikes in them years were bad. Thought I would ask before putting the set away. And yes this helps tremendously. No problem, Joe. And you're absolutely right.....the quality of U.S. circulation strikes from I'd say the 1950s until about the late 1980s-early 1990s was often quite poor. Lots of issues like machine doubling, die fatigue and other things like that. And even within that span of time, the 1960s were some of the absolute worst, in my opinion. Hinkle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
