Double Dies, Or Not Double Dies On This Cent? This Is The Question.

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Gregory Hess Valued Member United States 177 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 12:22 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * Report this Post to the Staff

Mrzllewellyn Pillar of the Community United States 1901 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 12:24 pm MD as the mint mark is effected as well and the shelf like appearance the doubling has Report this Post to the Staff
Reeds253 New Member 49 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 12:35 pm MD for sure. Nice example but alas it's worth 1 cent. But it is the start of a nice Machine Doubling collection. Try to get a nice one from all the memorials to start. Report this Post to the Staff
Tootallious Rest in Peace United States 1559 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 1:03 pm Quote: MD as the mint mark is effected as well and the shelf like appearance the doubling has Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 1:11 pm Alas, another one caught by MD of this year's run of miserable messes! 69 & 70 were notorious for dramatic Machine Doubling, good thing those former mint technicians were transferred to to the Army! Edited by Crazyb0 11/27/2017 1:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4402 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 1:14 pm Machine Doubling. Doubled dies before 1990 do not affect the mintmark, flat doubling, numbers appear thinner. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 1:14 pm Not a doubled die. The devices are reduced by Machine Doubling. Compared with the big doubled die for that year, you will see what we are talking about. Machine Doubling also affects doubled dies as well: Note lower examples arrows. Machine Doubling is not the same as a doubled die. The difference? When the die is created, the alignment of the hub was incorrect on the one of the hubbing process. This creates an enlarged devices [u]on the die[/y], thus the term doubled die because of that doubling. Machine Doubling is created during the strike of a normal die. After the strike the devices are altered reducing them a little bit. So what you are seeing on your coin are reduced size of the devices. The 1968-1972 cents had a lot of Machine Doubling during those years. (still shows up on some coin even today even on proof coins) These are common to find and makes un-seasoned collectors mistake them as doubled die, which they are not. Note example below: Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 5:54 pm A good and useful read http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/...Doubling.htm John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coppergold Pillar of the Community United States 939 Posts	Posted 11/27/2017 6:00 pm NOT a doubled die Report this Post to the Staff
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