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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 513102, member: 16510&quot;]<b>No doublED die and,</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a doublED die but it is a very strong strike.</p><p>We see these often and the depression in the coin, (what you&#039;all are talking about) is either caused by too much pressure during strike or the planchet was not quite thick enough and shallow when it came out of the upsetting (rim making) mill.&nbsp; Typically this has been noticed on 1984 and 85 Lincoln&#039;s.&nbsp; Incedentally the depression accentuates the visual and the mechanical doubling as the date is partially &quot;on the bulge&quot; and thus rounded to a degree.&nbsp; I see this often, very often plus remember they were just in the third year of using the new copper plated planchets and were still working out problems with that - by the way all cent planchets are produced in Greenville TN. about an hour from me.</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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