Coins and Canada have it listed as "Double Queens Back" but when CAC refer to "Double" they are actually talking about
Machine Doubling.
Machine Doubling happens during the strike of a coin and it is considered an Error like okiecoiner pointed out and some collectors do collect them but are not worth a premium.
A Doubled Die happens to the Die itself before the coin is struck, when the Mint is designing new Dies sometimes the process quite literally makes things doubled (Legend, Portrait, Numbers ect).
Than there is
Die Deterioration Doubling, which also happens During the strike of a coin, but
Die Deterioration Doubling is not really an error like that of
Machine Doubling, reason being is
Die Deterioration is just the result of an over used die that should have been pulled from the minting process sooner. Again some collectors do collect Die Deteriorated coins, however they are also not worth much of a premium.
Once you can tell the difference between Genuine Doubled Dies,
Machine Doubling and
Die Deterioration it is not something that is easily forgotten.
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Edited by JohnWayne007
07/25/2020 10:28 am