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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jay4202472000, post: 2856440, member: 42573&quot;]You must <b><i>match the doubling first</i></b>, the go looking for die chips, scratches, gouges, ect. (die markers) to confirm the individual die.&nbsp; Any die can chip and markers come and go throughout a die&#039;s life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s use 004 for an example.&nbsp; If you found the very first coin struck from that die, it would not have the rim chips to the west of LIBERTY.&nbsp; See Wexler&#039;s stage A photos:&nbsp; <a href="http://doubleddie.com/384301.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://doubleddie.com/384301.html" rel="nofollow">http://doubleddie.com/384301.html</a></p><p>If you found the very last example struck, the gouge inside the N on the reverse may have worn away and a full blown CUD formed covering half of LIBERTY.&nbsp; Probably an exaggeration, but it could be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point is, match the doubling, then confirm with markers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was up against the buzzer on a 1909 VDB-DDO-002 and bid on the die chips in LIBERTY alone.&nbsp; I spent almost $10 on a &quot;copycat&quot; die.&nbsp; It had the filled B &amp; R, but no doubling.&nbsp; I learned to never go on markers alone.&nbsp; See stage D to see my mistake:&nbsp; <a href="http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%201/1909PDDO002.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%201/1909PDDO002.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/1909PDDO002.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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