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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 429644, member: 15199&quot;]I still can not validate strike/machine doubling due to the lack of doubling on the &quot;ball&quot; of the shield structure that is approximately between the date and the &quot;doubling&quot; part of the shield. If it was machine doubling I would expect at least as much doubling there as on the leaf like structure. Also as mentioned, the style/font/size of the underlying date looks very different from the overlying date. It seems unlikely that the &quot;smearing&quot; of the underlying shelf ( if it was machine doubling) would extend that far with as much height. I don&#039;t believe there is enough metal in the numeral. I still feel it is a small date over large date. How ? or When? no idea. Suspicion is there because it is seemingly undescribed in literature, so machine doubling seems logical, but possibly it was a low number production. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mysteries are fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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