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Certainly wasn't expecting to find this tonight, but man did it make my day! Came from a bank roll, where a customer had brought in change she'd been saving for 20+ years. Looks to be either MS or AU with toning on high points.
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Nice find. Looks like it could grade MS 65. It looks like it has a small scratch above LIBERTY. Otherwise, it's perfect. Great find. Nice picture too! -
Lucky Day! Looks BU from here. Nice going!Comment
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Wow. Maine must be the spot to be. That is amazing. Nice findComment
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I recently read an article, I think it was on numismaster, where a couple of notables, John Wexler and David Lange maybe, agreed that the total population of the '84 DDO was in the 2000 range. Pretty cool finding one in that great condition. You're the man.Comment
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Nice, very nice find. Send your roll's down south and I will return the favor. Way to go !!!!!!!
CCCComment
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I always liked Maine. I think I'll sell my house and move "Down East".
Do you think there is room enuf for two coin collectors in ME?
Congrats again.
DWK (Dave Kearns)Comment
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what are people called who live, love and like Maine called ??
AG - very nice find
looks like New England is the place to beComment
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very good Shing 
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Thanks everyone!
I'm horrible at grading; there are definitely contact marks on the high points, such as his cheek, probably from being rolled, etc. but I guess such things don't count as wear?
That's interesting- I'd always thought there would be more, given that a typical die strikes around 600,000 (?) cents.
Most of them are not this exciting (can't tell you how many awful corroded cents people stuff in rolls) but for a change of pace, what the heck!
I think there's plenty of room in ME, or at least the current situation is not overly crowded. I was quite surprised the other week to see someone on eBay selling blank cent planchets and other errors who lives two towns over from me!
Thanks!
You joke, but I've heard "Mainers" call themselves that before. One thing I know for sure, if you're not "from here" you're "from away".Comment
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Very nice use of quotes. The 1984 ddo 1 is quite rare. I follow Ebay auctions a lot. The 1984 ddo 1 and 1971 ddo 1 you do not see for sale very often. The 1972, 1955, and 1995 ddos are up all the time. I think your will grade MS 64 RD or maybe MS 65 RD. Not bad for a 24 year old coin.Comment
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The only thing I can see that would keep it from getting a 65 is the small scratch in the field above LIBERTY. Still you might get the 65.Comment
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I found the Numismaster article. It was titled "Collectible Lincoln Varieties". Here is an excerpt:
Lincoln cent variety collectors didn't have long to wait for the next major variety, as 1984 brought a Lincoln cent, again minted in either Philadelphia or West Point, with obverse doubling. This is the famous doubled ear variety. As Fivaz and Stanton describe it, "The doubling on this variety is primarily evident as a secondary earlobe south of the primary ear. Doubling is also evident on the chin and beard."
Dealer Robert Brock estimated the population of the 1984 doubled ear variety as 2,000, a figure that Lange agrees with. Lange writes, "Though rare, this variety seems to be slightly more common than the 1983 doubled-die reverse variety both in absolute numbers certified and in condition rarity." Its value in MS-65 is $200, according to the latest Red Book.Comment
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