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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hal1950, post: 1766354, member: 18926&quot;]As I said the photos are not the greatest &amp; this is all speculation based on those pix... but as I understand machine doubling, The hammer die is a bit loose &amp; creates a shear effect as it begins to rise after the strike. These Initials are not sheared, but separate. Plating aberration... the secondary initials are distinct not blurred, I don&#039;t know that platting separation would be that distinct. And again the photos are of two separate coins. Then die deterioration... Might be like the doubling seen on some 1988 cents, but it&#039;s clearer &amp; a whole bunch smaller... plus the rest of the coin seems crisp. Then, in person, it does not make much of a difference where the light source is, there are two sets of initials. Guess the bottom line is that this is something that isn&#039;t seen a great deal on any of this era of Lincoln proofs, or there would be more info out there. I thank everyone for their feedback so far, think I will take them to the ANA show in Chicago next week &amp; see what some others think. Also, I believe Coneca has a meeting there as well, maybe someone there can offer some thoughts. Thanks again, Hal in Colorful Colorado[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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