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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2432695, member: 24314&quot;]I agree with this as will all the young and OLD variety experts and U.S. Mint employees.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I&#039;m an old guy so please forgive me if I still don&#039;t understand your post.&nbsp; It would help if you could please answer my original question.&nbsp; What is the difference between <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 255)">STRIKE DOUBLING</span> and <span style="color: rgb(179, 89, 0)">MACHINE DOUBLING?&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">In post #5, you say machine doubling shows &quot;damage&quot; around the doubling.&nbsp; In post #14 you say you only keep EDS coins.&nbsp; IMO, EDS has <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">nothing</span> to do with either SD or MD except it may change the appearance of the coin.&nbsp; IMO, NEITHER does damage.&nbsp; You seem to be a well respected and knowledgeable numismatist.&nbsp; As I always believed MD and SD were interchangeable to describe the same effect on a coin, I am still trying to get educated here!</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thankfully, we are all free to collect what we wish.&nbsp; However, it is a bit of a stretch if the new era of variety &quot;Ex-PERTS&quot; start making up nonsense.&nbsp; I still cannot believe a well regarded error collector and author taught you that MD and SD are different. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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