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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 681420, member: 4350&quot;]Guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a normal bowtie.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a sculptured version of what used to be the type of bowtie that was tied by hand.&nbsp; It is not what a bought off the wrack bowtie looks like today.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you see as a doubled bowtie is the portion that would be the left side of the &quot;bow&quot; .&nbsp; The other part that you&#039;ve identified is the extra portion that dangles off the tie after it would have been tied.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words,&nbsp; it&#039;s a bowtie that was in use during Lincoln&#039;s time.&nbsp; There is nothing abnormal about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The beard is the way it should be on a fresh die.&nbsp; What you are identifying as doubling is the normal contour of the design that gives the beard a little depth in the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a doubled die.&nbsp; I&#039;ve literally looked at millions of 1982, 1983 and 1984 cents that looked like this when they are early die state and of the millions,&nbsp; thousands that looked like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s tough for me to find an early die state piece that I can lay my hands on to do some pictures but there is nothing at all unusual about the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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