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Message:: [QUOTE="Coinman1981, post: 701464, member: 20610"]I re-read that. Maybe you could add that the date "appears" doubled." If you are like me and probably a lot of us numismatists here, we speak in our own language. It is very easy to forget what a non-numismatist or a novice may or may not already know -- or even assume -- when buying a coin. In my opinion, the eBay ad we are discussing is just an example of honest oversight, at the worst. That's not always the case with sellers on eBay, but I understand what you were probably thinking. "Poorman's double die" automatically conjures up an image for you, me, and most of reading this - we know EXACTLY what that coin is -- and is not. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have come across many people, not in the coin realm, who say the coin they have "looks good." Well, to you and me, that coin probably looks rather ugly -- and worn nearly flat (as in "Good" grade)....I have to remember when speaking or writing to a non-numismatist that their definition of "good" is probably shiny (maybe even cleaned) coin with average details....probably somewhere between "Fine" to Extremely Fine" (and maybe cleaned, wiped, or whizzed), depending on the coin in question![/QUOTE]