Finally got my ASE, looking at it under the loupe to check for imperfections and it looks like some doubling, I am pretty sure it is machine doubling, but I am not that familiar with what it should look like on an ASE. The doubling is pretty bold, I would consider, if it were on a regular business strike coin. But I am guessing the larger coin and better dies would make even machine doubling more pronounced right? The pics do not picture the doubling very well it is more pronounced than the pics show. The doubling goes to the W-SW of the left side of the coin only. The most prominent areas are the L I and B in "liberty", the fingertips, the first 3 rays and the gown around the hand show it pretty well.
I didn't find any doubling on the reverse before, but now that I looked again I see what is probably a small amount of doubling on the edges of the feathers so I am going to guess machine doubling, since I highly doubt it is a DDO and DDR. Oh well, and I already checked, no reverse of 07! Dang!
Yea, I am very certain it is, but wanted to be sure, I was thinking this would be so much less likely with the extra care they use with the process for making these, but I guess that may only apply to the proofs. I wonder if there are a lot of proofs with machine doubling.
Yea, I noticed that on mine too. I wonder if the date is put in after the hubbing process like on other coins. If so, absolutely machine doubling.
Are you asking what machine doubling is or why there are 2 "M" s in the abbreviation Jello used? Machine doubling, or strike doubling, instead of the doubling resulting from a dual image on the die, (like a 1955 DD lincoln) it is the result of the die shifting while striking the coin. It is essentially damage to the coin. I think there is a link in this forum that goes over it.
The date is not added after the hubbing as suggested. The date is part of the original design of the coin as it is executed in a digital format before the hubs are made.
