1864 Nova Scotia Cent Obverse Doubling

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chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 07/03/2016 2:03 pm Doubled die? I posted this in the grading forum, but without the closeups. Photos are through ICCS plastic. Report this Post to the Staff

SilverDon Pillar of the Community Canada 2360 Posts	Posted 07/03/2016 2:17 pm I think the obverse legend has been repunched on your coin chequer. I have a 1861 NS cent with repunched legend on the obverse. Forum member Bosox noted in an email; Quote: Re-punching of the legends in maritime copper coinage was a very common practice. After they sank a die, the mint staff (or Heaton) would enhance any weak letter by manually re-punching them. Consequently, each of the dies had a unique combination of re-punched letters in the legends. Some dies showed only minor repairs, but others displayed major offsets between the original letters and the re-punched letters. Edited by SilverDon 07/03/2016 2:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 07/04/2016 5:12 pm It looks like a doubled die to me, you can see the notching. Report this Post to the Staff
yontan Valued Member United States 292 Posts	Posted 07/25/2016 02:08 am I agree with SilverDon. I've seen these before, too. the reason you can see notching is because the mint master didn't (maybe couldn't) align each letter properly. Therefore, some letters would be slightly "off", and appear doubled. Report this Post to the Staff
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