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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 153755, member: 112&quot;]The &#039;55 DDO is a good choice for a comparison Carl since it&#039;s one of the most well known. They&#039;ve given a name to the mechanically doubled version - it&#039;s called the Poor Man&#039;s version. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s no getting around it, even coins with mechanical doubling make neat collectibles for those who are attracted to such things and I in no way mean to belittle the coins. But the fact remains there is a very distinct and obvious difference about mechanically doubled coins and doubled die coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A doubled die coin is created because of a misalligned double impression in the coin die itself. And because these doubled impressions don&#039;t happen very often and the resulting coins are few in number in most cases, a greatly increased monetary value is asisgned to these coins by collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>But mechanically doubled coins are created by a vibration or slight movement of the coin dies as the coins are struck,&nbsp; when they are ejected from the coin press, or from worn out dies. And this type of doubling is as common as dirt so no monetary value is assigned to these coins by collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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