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  • AstroRaider
    Member
    • Feb 2010
    • 882
    #1

    Philadelphia versus Denver

    Is it just me, or does it appear that the Philadelphia mint produces more DDO/DDR than the Denver mint, particularly with the new "shield" style?

    If that's true, what could be the cause? Equipment type? Equipment age?
    Allan (AstroRaider) White
    "I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing." Stephen Hawking
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    • Maineman750
      Administrator

      • Apr 2011
      • 12070
      #2
      Well, Philly just produces a lot more good coins then
      https://www.ebay.com/sch/maineman750...75.m3561.l2562

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        • Rollem
          Administrator

          • Feb 2011
          • 2823
          #3
          Yeppers but Denver did more RPMs LOL
          "Good People are Great Forums" Rollem

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            • 1sgret
              #4
              Philly produces more and maybe there Quality Control is not as good. But that makes more fun for us!!!!!!!!

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                • Maineman750
                  Administrator

                  • Apr 2011
                  • 12070
                  #5
                  Well, I thought the same as Joe...but Denver may produce as many as Philly since around 1950...and Denver did produce more shield cents.....but I was thinking QC may have something to do with it too.
                  https://www.ebay.com/sch/maineman750...75.m3561.l2562

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                    • jcuve
                      Moderator, Die & Variety Expert
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 15458
                      #6
                      I have been presuming all the same - before 1996 Philly produced all the dies but more were used in Philly (as opposed to Denver or San Fran). Having more dies should mean more chances for errors during the hubbing process. And I have heard that '96 to present the QC in Denver may be greater than Philly thus producing less mistakes recently.



                      Jason Cuvelier

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                        • DoubleYou
                          Member
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 3629
                          #7
                          I always thought, and still think, that the reason why we have more Philly DDs than Denver DDs was because most die variety collectors live closer to Philly than to Denver, for which reason they receive more Philly than Denver, and therefore more DDs from Phily than Denver. In fact, I normally receive my first (insert current year here)-dated Philly doubled die before I even find one example of a REGULAR coin from Denver.
                          Wendell Carper
                          It's a bird! It's a plane! Aw nuts... It's merely two die scratches!

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                            • Maineman750
                              Administrator

                              • Apr 2011
                              • 12070
                              #8
                              OK Wendell, you got me on that....how did you know more die collectors live closer to Philly ?
                              https://www.ebay.com/sch/maineman750...75.m3561.l2562

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                                • jfines69
                                  Paid Member

                                  • Jun 2010
                                  • 28643
                                  #9
                                  I think Philly has the task of producing the varieties/errors... Of course this would be top secret because the mint is not in the business of producing variety/error coins... LOL... This means that any Denver or other mint variety/errors are truely variety/errors... LOL!!!
                                  Jim
                                  (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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                                    • DoubleYou
                                      Member
                                      • Sep 2010
                                      • 3629
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Maineman750
                                      OK Wendell, you got me on that....how did you know more die collectors live closer to Philly ?
                                      I just totally am observant and picked that up real easily. But really, most are.
                                      Wendell Carper
                                      It's a bird! It's a plane! Aw nuts... It's merely two die scratches!

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                                        • dvn
                                          #11
                                          Philly is tasked with a lot more to do than Denver. The more task, the more opportunities for something to go wrong. Proof is in the pudding.

                                          Billy

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