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Extra Thick Letters And Notched Letters Are Double Dies?

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 Posted 02/01/2016  11:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kevin43 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you bj neff on the info about how long trails has been around,i have found a few, one was strong,the other 2 were light I put 2 of them in my collection and sold 1 of them,i am more of a collector than a seller because if I get rid of something odds are I won't find it again.
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 Posted 02/01/2016  11:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here's one with Wavy Steps, Kevin. Trails in the steps.

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 Posted 02/02/2016  10:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kevin43 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry if the picture isn't that great it is the best I can do,earlier on this post a comment was made that copper coating doesn't get peeled off,well I know from reading info on double dies that there is a md that is caused by the coin sticking to the die,from time to time I have came across coins like this one that the coating looks like it was peeled off,pulled off what ever someone would like to call it and on the letters or numbers you will see the design not as rounded as when the copper is covering it,so my thought and it is a thought is when the design is being etched out on the die if it might move a hair or when the making the working die it might move a hair so that after the die presses into the planchet that it leaves a little notch but doesn't show a double line going up the letter or if it makes some letters wider.
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 Posted 02/02/2016  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The copper-plating is so thin it often "splits" around devices. The split plating often resembles doubling. The lighting on your pic doesn't look too bad, but you need to keep the camera still when you shoot.
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The coin in the picture doesn't show any doubling I was using it as an example to how when the copper to me looked like it had been peeled,pulled,and yes splitting how ever it came off,shows more straight,flat,not as rounded images,and just thinking that if that part of the design may resemble more of the features of the die before it is pressed into the coin,i have seen pictures of coin dies from side views so I have to speculate how they look when the design is etched on to them from my past experience in molding or pressing things together leaves a similar but different than the raw design impression,so could it be when we see a little notch at the bottom of a coin or extra thick letters with no out line of a double image is it because that the doubling is so close to the raw design that after pressed it doesn't show the full doubling,that the finished coin that shows the design more rounded covers it up.it is just a theory and I have put it into words the best way I can to try to explain what causes an extra thick letter or a little notch on the bottom,please don't misunderstand I am not saying they are not double dies,i am only speculating as why we may not see a full double image and am looking for any one else that may have a theory or has seen the face of a die and put a coin up to it to see the difference from the raw die to the finished coin.
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 Posted 02/03/2016  11:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are different types of Doubled Dies. They reflect what is on the die. There are different types of "worthless" doubling, some reflect what is on the die and some do not.
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