1857 Flying Eagle, Double Die Or Machine Doubling?

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Newbie1877 Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 06/01/2020 3:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3327 Posts	Posted 06/01/2020 5:26 pm How do the other devices look? "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Report this Post to the Staff
Newbie1877 Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 06/01/2020 5:40 pm I'm sorry but what do you mean by devices? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/01/2020 6:49 pm Devices = all the other lettering and images on both sides of the coin. I agree we should see close-ups of at least USofA and ONE CENT. Edited by Coinfrog 06/01/2020 6:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Newbie1877 Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 06/01/2020 7:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3327 Posts	Posted 06/02/2020 10:03 am Many of these small cents exhibit what is known as Longagre doubling - a design element included in most of James Longacre's engravings. That could be what we're seeing here although MD is a possibility. I hope others can shed some light on this, but in my opinion these "shelves" were engraved into the die. I base this on the fact that they are showing up fairly uniformly across most of the devices. Edit: The date, being hand-punched into the die rather than a part of the obverse design, probably is exhibiting MD. Remember that I am not a FE expert! "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Edited by Bump111 06/02/2020 10:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
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