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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jallengomez, post: 1722177, member: 19748&quot;]Sorry for the delayed response.&nbsp; It&#039;s been a long night.&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; The answers:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. No.&nbsp; Mechanical doubling from a shifting die during the strike.&nbsp; And some poor sap paid over $16 for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Yes.&nbsp; One of the strongest Class V doubled dies in the series(or any series for that matter).&nbsp; It&#039;s also a very affordable example due to the number of coins struck by this die.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. No.&nbsp; Again, MD.&nbsp; One clue is that it also shows on the mint mark.&nbsp; On pre 1990 Cents, the mint marks were added after the hubbing of the die, so the mint marks were unaffected by any doubling that happened to the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. No.&nbsp; Another strong example of MD.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Yes.&nbsp; A classic example of the type of Class IV + Class VIII doubling that we are seeing on the modern single squeeze die hubbings.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Yes.&nbsp; Another Class V, but much more subtle than what we see on the 1995 listed above.&nbsp; On this circulated example, the doubling is best seen as notches on the G in GOD and the U of TRUST.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. No.&nbsp; Once again, the Doctor is in the house.&nbsp; MD.&nbsp; MD that shows on the face confuses a lot of people.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Yes.&nbsp; An example of Class II doubling.&nbsp; This type of doubling can be confusing because it can appear almost shelf-like.&nbsp; Look for the subtle separation though and the fact that it adds to the normal thickness of the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Yes.&nbsp; Class VI distended hub doubling.&nbsp; This is another one that can be tricky.&nbsp; Although this example shows up as very strong extra-thickness on the tail of the 9 in the date, Class VI extra thickness is often much less obvious.&nbsp; Circulated coins can often show devices that appear extra thick from circulation wear and from damage.&nbsp; This can fool a lot of people into thinking they have a Class VI doubled die.&nbsp; Look for sharp devices that don&#039;t appear flattened or &quot;mushroomed&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>10. No.&nbsp; This is die deterioration doubling which can occur as a die ages.&nbsp; Unlike MD which cuts into the devices, deterioration doubling will appear as a ghostly shadowing of the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everyone who participated.&nbsp; Hopefully it was educational and hopefully no one here was the unlucky bidder on any of the worthless examples.&nbsp; I&#039;ll address a couple of the comments that were made sometime tomorrow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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