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<p>[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2116085, member: 11786"]Internet opinions--'expert' or otherwise--should be questioned. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As for whether those lines in the field are doubling, pictured below is a well-known DDO in the headdress for comparison--check out the doubling in the feather shafts and LIBERTY--that's where die doubling shows up. Die doubling does not show as slight marks in the fields, because that's where the hub is lowest.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8745/16769242600_e8b0d452b5_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These marks in the fields near the profile of Liberty--which I assume is damage--does not show up on other examples of this 1894/1894. That's another reason it hasn't been documented as a doubled die or die variety--it <i>hasn't been seen on other coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dates are not repunched to fix an "erased" date due to polishing. At least there's no evidence seen, particularly on this 1894/1894--which has been studied in detail. The prevailing theory is that RPDs exist because the first date impression was placed improperly. In fact, on the 1894/1894, you can clearly see how tilted the original date was impressed. Yes, the original date impression was polished out (incompletely)--but that was to fix the date, not something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since RPDs have been studied throughout the life of the die--from early die states to terminal die states--suggests that dating the dies was handled before the dies entered service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2116085, member: 11786"]Internet opinions--'expert' or otherwise--should be questioned. :) As for whether those lines in the field are doubling, pictured below is a well-known DDO in the headdress for comparison--check out the doubling in the feather shafts and LIBERTY--that's where die doubling shows up. Die doubling does not show as slight marks in the fields, because that's where the hub is lowest. [IMG]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8745/16769242600_e8b0d452b5_b.jpg[/IMG] These marks in the fields near the profile of Liberty--which I assume is damage--does not show up on other examples of this 1894/1894. That's another reason it hasn't been documented as a doubled die or die variety--it [I]hasn't been seen on other coins[/I]. Dates are not repunched to fix an "erased" date due to polishing. At least there's no evidence seen, particularly on this 1894/1894--which has been studied in detail. The prevailing theory is that RPDs exist because the first date impression was placed improperly. In fact, on the 1894/1894, you can clearly see how tilted the original date was impressed. Yes, the original date impression was polished out (incompletely)--but that was to fix the date, not something else. Since RPDs have been studied throughout the life of the die--from early die states to terminal die states--suggests that dating the dies was handled before the dies entered service.[/QUOTE]
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