1946 LWC DDR Can't Find Listed, Is This A True Doubled Die?

It looks like MD to me.
http://goccf.com/t/51410

to CCF. It is MD. There are many types of doubling to learn,some keepable some not. Make sure to bookmark the link and click on the pics to enlarge.
http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/...Doubling.htm
John1

Hi Travis, welcome to the forum. I think one of the more common points of confusion around understanding how to recognize Machine Doubling is the phrasing "reduced" size of the devices. I've always found this a bit imprecise, but nonetheless it is how it's generally described. Let's keep this to raised devices for this explanation for now, as Machine Doubling on incuse devices looks different. On a normal coin with no Machine Doubling, raised devices will be of a certain size, but the Machine Doubling actually impinges this normal size by pressing part of the devices, skewing them and giving the appearance of doubled devices. This is the "flat, shelf-like" appearance of Machine Doubling you will come to recognize soon enough. The overall size of the devices are often unaffected, it's just that within the normal size, the machine damage creates the appearance of a secondary device by pressing into the features at play.

Don't worry about comparing the secondary image to the field of the coin, as the Machine Doubling will be raised as well, just not quite as much as the unaffected portion of the devices.

I will also say that learning to recognize these different anomalies is kind of like detective work. You use your clues and your knowledge of the process to deduce the most likely explanation for what you're seeing. Understanding that Machine Doubling is created as part of the striking of the coin as it shifts slightly against the die helps (me at least) visualize the way what I'm seeing was created. A doubled die won't always show notching, you're right. But learning to recognize the different ways in which the creation of a die can go amiss will help you see more than just a doubled image, it'll let you see how it got that way. The "extra thickness" or notched doubling that coins stuck from doubled dies show on raised devices will become clearer as you get to see more examples of them.

Note on the top of the devices you can still see the contour of the design, but note that the overall size is enlarged.

Not on your coin, the area you are looking at is incuse, reducing the size of the original size of the devices. A doubled die show a spread on the center of the devices or notches on the out side edges of devices. On Machine Doubling just the outside areas are affected, the contour is removed and looks shelf like.



Here are a few examples of Machine Doubling on Liberty:

Here is a side by side of a normal coin and a DDO:

Note how the DDO is enlarged, with a spread on the centers of the devices. Note the outside area is not affected.

What causes Machine Doubling? After the strike the machine is not adjusted firmly, will kind of do a movement after the strike altering the devices in a milla second into the devices. (kind of like a kick in the shin) When compared with a normal coin and a DDR, you can see the differences in size affect that takes place.

Can you see the reduction of the normal size of the devices on the first image. Normal in the center and a DDR on the right with the doubled initials.

So what is the difference?
Machine Doubling is caused by machine movement after the strike. (caused by the machine is the key phrase)
On a doubled die, the hub process creates the doubling on the die, thus the term "Doubled Die."

Can Machine Doubling happen on a doubled die. Yes. Because of the same process the MD can alter a doubled die:

Note the yellow arrows? Those are the areas affected by a doubled die, while the rest of the devices are part of the doubled die.
Hope this helps.

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