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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 316184, member: 9270&quot;]I&#039;m a bit over my head here, but I&#039;m going to render an opinion if for no other reason than to find out where I went wrong in my analysis.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Agreed, not machine doubling. Only the &quot;R&quot; appears to be affected in this manner.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not DDR. Doesn&#039;t have the characteristics of examples of doubled dies I&#039;ve seen (notching at the end.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, what do I think it is?</p><p>The thicker letters &quot;AME&quot; and possibly the first &quot;S&quot; in STATES are my evidence.</p><p>I am thinking localized die damage.</p><p>Not enough to remove it from production, but enough to merit a touch-up in that area (re-cut?)</p><p>The touch-up resulted in some letters being thicker, and the &quot;R&quot; was tweaked resulting in the &quot;shelf&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How did I do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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