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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 780267, member: 16510"]When you learn how it was done it's not hard to imagine  When you learn how it was done it's not hard to imagine really.The die is first a finished negative image of the coin slightly convex and over all slightly larger than a cent.  So imagine putting a steel punch (the "D") in the exact spot below the date where it is suposed to be and needing to strike very hard at the same time rocking it (because the die is rounded) to get a full inpresion of the "D" in this space of a few millimeters.  All this as encuse strikings and finished devices.  In other words the mint tech is viewing this not only in reverse but as counter sunk impressions.  He (and we do know who he was during this time) probably knew he misplaced the "D" and just corrected it and let the die go into servce.  The more we learn the more we know that unless a major die variety the mint most likley knew full well the die was hubbed or punched incorrectly and let the die go into service regardless.  This is even more evidence that these are die varieties and not errors - the mint tries to avoid errors but it's not so strick with many doubled dies and RPM's, at least not until the late 1980's.I think it would require great skill to be able to fully strike up a "D" (or "S") in extremly hard die steel, within that tiny space, in relief, and negativeto boot - great skill and experience indeed.[/QUOTE]