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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hoky77, post: 4002985, member: 97374&quot;]What I see is the top and bottom of the letters. Think of the letters in the die as a bakers bread pan. A bread pan is tapered top to bottom with the bottom being narrower the facilitate the release of the loaf. If the sides where at 90 degrees the it would&nbsp; be necessary to pry the loaf out. It is the same with a die, the features are tapered to facilitate the flow of the planchet and for a easy release of the newly formed coin. When looking straight down on a coin and the light is right the narrower top&nbsp; and the wider bottom of the lettering can be seen as two separate outlines creating the illusion of doubling or what <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/desertgem.15199/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/desertgem.15199/">desertgem</a> called &quot;shadowing&quot;.&nbsp; As a avid IHC variety hunter I was prone to seeing RPD&#039;s that often weren&#039;t there because of this effect. Many of the punches used to date the IHC&#039;s were widely tapered exaggerating this effect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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