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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 563681, member: 16510&quot;]<b>I&#039;m a little concerned about the use of the &quot;DD&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a little concerned latlety about the use of the &quot;DD&quot; to describe a possible doublED dies.&nbsp; Now it may have changed but since I started the phrase &quot;DD&quot;, or more appropriately D/D meant a D over a D or RPM.</p><p>But lately on EBay and Coin Talk I see the use of the phrase DD in reference to doublED dies.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure we need to let that one slip by.</p><p>The study of die varieties is complicated enough as is evidenced on here (and everywhere else) each and every day for new folks.</p><p>Certainly the term DDO, or DDR is good or of course doublED die but I&#039;m not sure we should be helping school folks and not saying anything when the term DD is used to describe doubled dies.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m really not trying to be &quot;nit-picky&quot; here it&#039;s just I see how hard it is for people to get their arms around understanding doublED dies, heck, it&#039;s even hard for seasoned coin dealers as I give lesion&#039;s each month to dozens of folks, many that were around before I started.</p><p>I just think we need to be concise and accurate as we help newcomers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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