6/30/26 Report - Doubled Die Error Coin. Strike-Through Errors. Strawberry Moon. Another Killed by Alligator.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

This Peace dollar has a doubled die error.  It isn't common to find silver dollars along the Treasure Coast where it is more likely that you'll find a Spanish reale, but like any other U.S. coins, has its share of price increasing mint errors to seek.  After seeing this one I think I'll have to get my Peace dollars and see if I have any of these 1934 error coins.

The above picture shows where to look to check for the double die error on the 34 Peace dollar.  But double die errors aren't easy to identify.  That is my opinion.  If you look at the coin forums, when people ask if their example is a double die error, most of the time it it not.  Most of the time, what they are seeing is what is called machine doubling.  

A true doubled die error coin is caused by a misalignment in the die-making process (hub doubling), where the die itself is struck twice at slightly different angles or positions. This happens during the hubbing stage, so every coin struck by that die will show the same doubling.

Machine doubling (the thing that causes some coins to look like doule die error coins) is caused by a loose or worn die that “bounces” or shifts slightly during the striking process. This results in a blurred, smudged, or smeared doubling effect, often with less definition than a true doubled die.

Here is a link to a site that will explain more about that and give you examples of both types of coin.

Machine Doubling vs. Double Die Coins: Here's How To Tell The Difference Between Valuable Doubled Dies vs. Machine Doubling Coins Which Are Not So Valuable | U.S. Coins Guide

For more about the Peace dollar doubled die obversed

1934 D Peace Silver Dollar Doubled Die Obverse Coin Value Prices, Photos & Info

I recommend checking your coin finds and pocket change for error coins.  Valuable ones aren't easy to find, but it happens.  There are also many mint errors that are worth a bit of a premium but not a lot.

Here is an example of an error coin that I found.  It is a strike-through error that might be of some interest to a collector but probably not a lot.

Something was on the planchet when the coin was struck, leaving the depression you can see running from bottom left and up the ST in STATES.  I've found a few strike-through errors, which you have to distinguish from post mint damage (damage done to coins after the minting process).

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I'm working on this conglomerate to see what might be inside.  So far, I've not made a lot of progress.

Of course, I'm trying the least destructive methods of cleaning first, but might end up cracking it open.

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A 31-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while swimming in a river in Florida, officials said.

The victim, her boyfriend and her best friend were hiking on Sunday when they stopped to swim in the Econlockhatchee River in Seminole County, just north of Orlando, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

They were in about 3 feet of water when an alligator bit the victim on both arms, FWC spokesperson Chad Weber said...

For more about that...

Woman killed by alligator while swimming with boyfriend, best friend

I've run into alligators in the Indian River.  One surprised me pretty good.  All I saw at first was a golden eye sticking out of the muck.   I almost ran into him.

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Known as the Strawberry Moon, the first full Moon of the summer will be the lowest-hanging Moon until 2043, which will also make it appear to be larger than usual.

A phenomenon called the Moon illusion makes the Moon seem bigger when it is close to the horizon due to its relative size compared to objects in the distance like trees and buildings.

June’s Strawberry Moon is always the lowest of the year, though this one comes at the low point of an 18.6-year cycle of extreme rising and setting points...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

The moon is about to do something that it won’t do again until 2043

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The full moons are giving us some nice negative low tides.

Nothing significant on the National Hurricane Center Atlantic map now.

Nothing big with the surf predictions either.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

Thos