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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1404328, member: 15199&quot;]I agree with Rascal&#039;s assessment. Most likely a previous owner thought it was a DDO and sent it in ( with the additional fee) and it came back with no DDO on the label as it was Mechanical doubling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nocomment, welcome to the forum!! A true doubled die is when a coin is struck normally by a &quot;working&quot; die that was itself doubled in its manufacture. When the &quot;working die is made, it was pressed in stages ( usually twice) so proper cooling and strengthening would occur. If this die was not repressed EXACTLY, then a doubled image on the whole die or part of the die could occur. If this doubled working die struck coins in a normal way, then they are Doubled Die Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a normal &quot;working die&quot; strikes a coin, but the die ( usually) or the coin&nbsp; moves as the strike finishes, it is Mechanical doubling, strike doubling, MDD ( mechanical doubling damage, and other terms, and isn&#039;t an error/variety, just a mis-adjustment in the machinery.&nbsp; I simplified it a little <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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