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Double Struck, Double Punched , Re-Punched , Double Die?

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 Posted 06/17/2010  6:54 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add hhbkiddo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can anyone explain the differences in a way so most of us, who are not sure, can with a great probability recognize each of these?

Double struck
Double punched
Re-punched
Double die
Over strike
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 Posted 06/17/2010  11:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Double struck- a coin struck once, not ejected from the coining chamber, and then struck a second time. The second strike can be anything from centered with a very small spread to off center with major rotation. A coin can also be flipped and restruck, a "flip-over double strike".

Double punched- applies to any coin that has devices applied with a hand punch or logotype. The punch is sunk on the die twice resulting in a spread. Also known as "re-punched".

Re-punched- same as above but can also apply to a coin where the punch is sunk more than twice. When applied to a mint mark, it is abbreviated as "RPM". There are a few triple and quad RPMs listed for Lincoln cents.

Double die- correct wording would be doubled die and the technical name is "hub doubling". A die is created by impressing a short steel rod onto a hub with a positive design. Until the late 1990s, US coin dies were typically hubbed twice. A die was hubbed once, annealed(heat treated to soften the steel), and then hubbed a second time. If the die is not completely aligned with the hub for the second impression, a doubled die is created. The most obvious doubled dies have extreme separation of numerous devices. There are nine different classes of doubled dies. The shift in alignment can be caused in different ways, hence the need for a classification system.

Over strike- a coin which has been struck normally once and then struck a second time with a different design/denomination.
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 Posted 06/18/2010  05:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add R2bR2c to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
In Canada, although they all have specific technical differences, they have all been used interchangeably in coin-speak to describe nearly the same thing ... in error, and confusing many people. You can toss in recut and re-engraved into the mix as well
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 Posted 06/18/2010  10:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hhbkiddo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks guys, great effort.
However, it is still a dogs breakfast to me...
will try and identify some of the ******whatever struck or doubled varieties I have...
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