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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtwax, post: 21012, member: 696&quot;]Strike doubling is caused by a &quot;twist&quot; of the die when it hits the planchet thus the relief area in the design on the coin shears away causing that &quot;look&quot; of strike doubling. Knowing this, it is usually the deepest part of the die that is affected first (highest relief of the coin). Becuase Mint marks were punched by hand alot of them had a deeper relief than the rest of the coin, thus an affected Mint mark while the rest of the coin remains unscathed. This is also why we see spuratic strike doubling on one side of a coin or another in different areas hinging on the relief of certain areas... Hope that made cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on doubled dies and other forms of doubling click <a href="http://varietynickels.com/dd.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietynickels.com/dd.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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