Posted 08/22/2011 12:30 pm
It would not be a doubled die though. The dies back then were not hubbed, they different parts were punched in individually. It is possible to have doubling from repunching of a letter or star etc. Now the central device was one big punch that would typically be punched in using a screwpress, but I am not aware of any central device punches that were "repunched" in any of the pre-hubbing era. Doubled dies tended to make their appearance once all of the details of the finished coin (except the date) was in the hub and the entire die was created at once. Since this spead the pressure over a larger area a single hubbing was usually not enough to fully impress the design in the die. If there was a misalignment then between subsequent hubbings a doubled die would occur.
