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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1397850, member: 2972&quot;]There are two theories, and both agree it was done to the master die.&nbsp; First, Longacre doubling was caused by the punches used to impress the lettering.&nbsp; Second, it was something done by moving the die punch slightly and re-impressing it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two good explanations:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinresource.com/articles/mystery_coin.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinresource.com/articles/mystery_coin.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinresource.com/articles/mystery_coin.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numissociety.com/content.php?135-Longacre-Doubling-A-discussion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numissociety.com/content.php?135-Longacre-Doubling-A-discussion" rel="nofollow">http://www.numissociety.com/content.php?135-Longacre-Doubling-A-discussion</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, the second theory doesn&#039;t make any sense to me whatsoever (I would think there would be telltale signs of re-impression, but there never are), regardless it is one of the two theories.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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