1982 Small Date...strike Doubling ?

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Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 4:14 pm Doesn't match the DDR on coppercoins but doesn't really look like the flat doubling we normally see.Doubling not visible anywhere else except the east side of memorial. Report this Post to the Staff

coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 4:21 pm It's Machine Doubling....and here's HOW I know. See the overall shape of the A of STATES with the left edge chewed off? It's symmetrical...just like it was designed to be. Now, take away the "secondary" part of the "doubling" - you end up with a letter that looks thinner on the left and tilted somewhat to the right. This means the "extra" piece with the "doubling" belongs to only one set of letters. Same thing with the E of STATES...the "cut into" area is tilted to the right when you consider the overall appearance of the letter. It LOOKS like it's cut out of a normal letter, not a second letter place next to another. These are the immediate and quick 'tells' of Machine Doubling. A doubled die REALLY IS a second SET of lettering hubbed into the die. Machine Doubling is a simple case of a die bouncing and partially flattening the only ONE set of letters that ever was on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 4:38 pm The fact that it wasn't flat and that it went in two directions had me puzzled the most.You have added another dimension that I will put in my mental checklist.That explanation was great, thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
td5173 Pillar of the Community United States 565 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 9:20 pm Coppercoins great information. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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