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Is this machine doubling, or a doubled die? The doubling is on most of the words on the reverse. 
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Last edited by Goldfinger; 05-19-2008, 05:55 PM. -
Without any notching visible, I seriously doubt that this could be a doubled die. If I remember correctly, dimes are more prone to machine doubling than the cent and I believe that is what has occurred here.
BJ NeffMember of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C. -
Sorry about the picture, but there is notching visible in person. Notice please the S in states, and D in United. This is the best I could do with my camera set up, but almost all of the letters in United States are notched. Maybe I'm not clear on what a doubled die is....I read your explaination on machine doubling from another post, but I'm left a tad confused.Comment
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I guess the best way to show you what a doubled die is supposed to look like is to post one.
This is a nice Class IV that comes from The Bahamas. Notice that the division lines are all equally spaced from letter to letter and from word to word.
When looking at the ends of the letters, notice how there is notching, formed by the offset between the primary to secondary images. Also notice the extra thickness to the letters, uniformly in one relative direction. These are all great indicators of a doubled die.
This will not happen on machine doubling. More than likely, the faux division lines seen are at an angle to the design element affected, they are not uniform in distance form letter to letter or word to word and there is an absence of notching. These are the major differences.
BJ NeffMember of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.Comment
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Thank you very very very much for that indepth explaination!!! I greatly appreciate it. My dime that I found does seem to show that it is a doubled die. The doubled parts are notched the same distance, and on the same side of each letter. It's very had to get a picture to show you, but that's what I see. Thanks again for the explaination.
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