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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 376378, member: 112"]No it's not re-engraving. Back then many parts of the devices on a coin die, particularly the legends and date, were punched into each individual die by hand. Sometimes there were gang punches which had entire words on them and sometimes there were indivual letter punches. You ever see the metal punches they have today to mark keys with - it's a small metal shaft maybe 3/16 in. square with a letter or number on the end. Well their punches were much like that. Each punch would be placed against a die and hit with a hammer leaving its impression in the die metal. And when the dies wore out they were often re-punched so that the dies could be used some more. Dies were expensive, they wanted them to last as long as possible. And that's why it's called re-punched and not doubling. They are two completely different processes. Doubling is caused by pressing a die into a hub and creating the design all in one movement. Dies used to be hubbed twice, and that's what caused doubling. Dies are not re-hubbed after they are used. Today they are hubbed once. Pucnhing a die was done 1 piece at a time and often done over again as the die wore as I said. That's what makes re-punched different from doubling.[/QUOTE]