1858 Flying Eagle RPD Or Strike Doubling?

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Jimbo48 Valued Member United States 250 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 4:39 pm I almost always have trouble in determining if a coin is an RPD or Strike Doubling. Generally, if the impression is "shelf-like" it is not RPD. What do you think this date is? Report this Post to the Staff

coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 4:53 pm The broken wing tip (marker) looks promising. A sharp closeup pic of the last 8 in the date would help my old eyes. Report this Post to the Staff
Onedollarbillnut Pillar of the Community United States 745 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 5:54 pm Looks like it could be the 8/7 overdate Tim Hughes Report this Post to the Staff
Jimbo48 Valued Member United States 250 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 6:31 pm Here are the closeups of the date. This is the best I could do with what I have for photography. Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10515 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 9:32 pm Wing tip seems to be too worn for the over date variety. and the date numbers get smaller where the "doubling" is seen, pointing to Mechanical Doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73988 Posts	Posted 01/26/2025 10:08 pm Looks like Machine Doubling to me. Although, I am not an expert on RPD's. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter27 Pillar of the Community United States 5887 Posts	Posted 01/27/2025 01:49 am Not the overdate and I'm not seeing any RPD or variety with this one. The broken wing tip and weakness on AMERICA shows up on at least one other die aside from than the overdate. Not a bad looking coin! -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage Report this Post to the Staff
Jimbo48 Valued Member United States 250 Posts	Posted 01/27/2025 2:32 pm Yes I agree it is not the overdate. Rick Snow told me in an email that the broken wingtip is a hub variety and not an attribute identifier, although all Snow 1 coins have the broken wingtip. I looked at my collection of overdates and the AMERICA is strong and not weak. Thus the weak AMERICA must be part of another die pair. I do have some 1857 FE with the broken wingtip and one of them has a weak AMERICA. So I am assuming that die without the 1857 was used with the 1858 production of FE's. Report this Post to the Staff
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