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1982 Small Date...strike Doubling ?

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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.

1982-Small-Date...strike-Doubling-?

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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.
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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.
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Coppercoins great information. Thanks!
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