Ken Potter’s Opinion It has been proposed by CONECA’s 20th/21st Century Attributer of US Die Varieties, James Wiles that the coin listed by him earlier as a doubled die is actually the result of clashed dies. Ken Potter, John Wexler and many others disagree. Potter’s analysis is presented below. The problem with the die clash […]
By Tom DeLorey February 25, 2015 — An exciting new doubled die error has been found on a 1919 “Winged Liberty” or Mercury Head dime. In terms of the degree of rotation between the two impressions it is almost as great as that seen on the famous 1955 Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) cent, but […]
Image © Ken Potter 2013 / Coin courtesy of Terry Thomas February 23, 2013—I attended the 55th Suburban Detroit Coin Show Jan. 24-26, in Livonia, MI where I represented CONECA, offered free error-variety coin examination services and shot photos of some of the coins that came in. This year there where so many coins that […]
Image courtesy of Stack’s Bowers Galleries August 07, 2011—According to a recent email that came in, Stack’s Bowers Galleries will be offering one of the two known 1975 No S proof dimes in their ANA World’s Fair of Money Auction. Offered as Lot #7297, it will cross the block on August 18 and is described […]
Photo © Ken Potter 1994 / Coin courtesy of H. M. Kuykendall Q: “I am having a heckuva time trying to find a photo of the 1969-D/D Roosevelt Dime (FS-020.4). While looking over my Mint Sets, I found that the ’69-D dime looked a bit “different” (Maybe because my eyesight isn’t what it used to […]
