I am obviously a newbie, that being said I have searched the glossaries of different numismatic sites to no avail. Could someone please explain to me the terms "separation" and "Spread"? See these terms used so very much in copper coins.com and really don't know what it is I am looking at. Also When searching out a 1962 cent on the copper coins.com site; it made reference to "K9 and K8" positions … never even seen that before so could I get an explanation there as well. Thanks
Well that makes a lot of sense for sure, thank you. Wonder why the letter K is used. That's one down and 2 to go. Hope understanding the "spread and separation" are so easily understood. tu again
"The separation between the doubled design images is referred to as the spread of the doubling. The spread of the doubling can be very wide or it can be extremely close." http://doubleddie.com/58222.html
Had to read and re-read, but certainly gets me much farther down the road from where it was when I posted. Thank you, still a bit confused but so much more understanding of where I was. Thank you so very much, guess it's like I tell my grandkids, practice … thank you again. Guess it's like my little logo says "amazed" … this site is just so very informative and it's member so very willing to share their knowledge.
Micheal Kolman, and Charles Litman, started using Kolit clock positions (Kol-Lit) in the '50's, and those K-positions were used until the mid-60's, when it it became easier and more understandable to say 'off center at 6:00'. The clock position terms were also popularized by Arnie Margolis and Mort Goodman, who were two of the very early 'founders' of the Error hobby in the 60's.
