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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 6510962, member: 84179"]The mint uses a single squeeze method for making dies, which theoretically should have eliminated doubled dies. However, during the single squeeze process, the hub can shift slightly as it's pressing, which can result in a doubled appearance, much like Mechanical Doubling on a coin. It's called Class IX doubling. Technically, they are doubled dies as the doubling occurs during the die making process, not the minting process, but the mechanism is different than the older doubling. That's why they look flat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, many collectors don't get very excited over Class IX doubling. IMO, they seem to be more common than the traditional doubling and look a lot like MD (NOTE: I have no data to back this up and could be wrong). </p><p><br /></p><p>Some links to Class IX doubling</p><p><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.doubleddie.com/58222.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.doubleddie.com/58222.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.doubleddie.com/58222.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 6510962, member: 84179"]The mint uses a single squeeze method for making dies, which theoretically should have eliminated doubled dies. However, during the single squeeze process, the hub can shift slightly as it's pressing, which can result in a doubled appearance, much like Mechanical Doubling on a coin. It's called Class IX doubling. Technically, they are doubled dies as the doubling occurs during the die making process, not the minting process, but the mechanism is different than the older doubling. That's why they look flat. Unfortunately, many collectors don't get very excited over Class IX doubling. IMO, they seem to be more common than the traditional doubling and look a lot like MD (NOTE: I have no data to back this up and could be wrong). Some links to Class IX doubling [URL]http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/[/URL] [URL]https://www.doubleddie.com/58222.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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