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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 794454, member: 1859&quot;]It&#039;s a nice broadstrike with split-line doubling.&nbsp; There is no visible evidence that it was struck more than once.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t eliminate the possibility that it was struck more than once, but one must always go with the more prosaic explanation.&nbsp; Split-line doubling is an effect frequently seen on ordinary broadstrikes and off-center strikes.&nbsp; It even occurs on otherwise normal strikes, although the distance of the split from the design is modest due to the limit on expansion imposed by the collar.&nbsp; Just as split-line doubling is not a reliable diagnostic for diagnosing multiple strikes, neither is the size of a broadstrike.&nbsp; Expansion has very little to do with the number of strikes and everything to do with ram pressure and minimum die clearance.&nbsp; You can find coins struck multiple times outside the collar with very little expansion and coins struck just once outside the collar (die-struck on both faces) with massive expansion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, don&#039;t believe everything you read on a slab label.&nbsp; They frequently over-estimate the number of strikes for all sorts of reasons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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