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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 6443515, member: 66&quot;]Yes it was.&nbsp; It results from looseness in the press from bolts working themselves loose.&nbsp; This became especially common in the 1820&#039;s and early 30&#039;s.&nbsp; At that time they were still using the same screw presses that had been in operation since the 1790&#039;s and they were just so worn out that tightening up the bolts&nbsp; just didn&#039;twork for very long before they worked themselves loose again.&nbsp; The 1833 large cent in post #8 shows a good example of the result.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also the possibility of a double strike on the OP coin, but images would be required to tell for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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