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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;justafarmer, post: 1298668, member: 3926&quot;]Everyone knows the US Mint manufactures coins but many seem to overlook that the US mint also manufactures dies. Each are a finished good in their own right produced in two distinct and seperate manufacturing processes. One finished good of course are the coins we hold and spend every day and the other finished good is a piece of manufacturing equipment used in the manufacturing process to produce those same coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here is a simplified explanation. I hope it doesn&#039;t confuse you more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mechanical doubling, plate split doubling, die wear doubling are anomalies on a coin originating and attributable to the <b>COIN</b> manufacturing process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doubled die is an anomaly on a coin originating and attributable to the <b>DIE</b> manufacturing process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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