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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1547320, member: 15199&quot;]The lettering was done with a multigang punch and sometimes if struck too deep produced a flattened shoulder around the lettering. This is sometimes called &quot;Longacre&#039;s doubling&quot; . See down 8 types at this page.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm" rel="nofollow">http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A give-away is seen on the &quot;E N&quot; of CENT. Notice that the apparent &quot;doubling&quot; occurs all around the letter and is flat, that represents the shoulder of the punch, with the angle such that it is almost straight down, so the outline is all around 4 sides&nbsp; rather than just a couple.&nbsp; There may be some mechanical&nbsp; doubling damage at the wreath, but in any case, it wouldn&#039;t be a DDR, Doubled die reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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