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I am looking at all my coins for varieties. What does spread means?
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In what context is this word being used?
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Pillar of the Community
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For example the 1963-D WDDR-003 nickel
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Pillar of the Community
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What is the sentence the word is used in?
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Pillar of the Community
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The variety I posted was the wrong one.
1963-D WDDR-007
A very close Class II spread shows on the upper portions of the letters of E PLURIBUS UNUM.
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Maybe this will help Quote:
Class II doubled dies are produced in a manner that is totally different from the way that Class I doubled dies are produced. Where the Class I doubled die variety has the doubling rotated about a central point, the Class II doubled die will display doubling that is spread either towards the center of the die or towards the rim http://doubleddie.com/203864.html |
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Spread is what happens to that portion of our anatomy that is in contact with a chair for large portions of the day as we try to determine if that CRH coin has MD or DD ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
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Spread in relation to a dd is how far the second impression spreads from the first. Think the famous 55 dd lincoln. It has one heck of a "spread"
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Pillar of the Community
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So a spread is different than a dd that it is not as noticeable and only the top or the bottom of the letters have it?
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Pillar of the Community
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"Spread" is a way of describing a feature of the Doubled Die. Part of the device is "spread" a little or a long way from the original device.
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This photo from http://coppercoins.com/lincoln/dies...ie_state=mdsHas an arrow pointing to the "spread". The description reads: Quote:
This variety shows as a medium spread on the 4 of the date, most noticeable below the left portion of the horizontal crossbar (Photo used with permission)  Edited by Pete2226
03/25/2016 12:21 pm
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Here are some more helpful illustrations of what "spread" means in the following thread: Quote:You can see a spread in the DDO picture that's not there in the Normal picture. https://goccf.com/t/257064#257064 |
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It is the direction of the hubbing differences that alters the die, then passed down on all coins coming from the die.  Note the different hub locations for this die on this coin? That is the spread between the two hubbings that make this a doubled die. |
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