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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2471007, member: 66&quot;]It IS just Machine Doubling.&nbsp; The old presses were severely worn and frequently worked themselves loose.&nbsp; When they happened the die would shift (sometimes bounce) during the strike and you would get these doubled profiles.&nbsp; The closer you get to 1836 the more common they become.&nbsp; After 1836 the new steam presses were introduced and the double profiles pretty much disappear.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know they aren&#039;t the result of double punching of the portrait (Sorry Insider) because the same die varieties are found with and without the doubling and in various die stages.&nbsp; And since each die was hand made, you aren&#039;t going to find two different dies with identical positioning of all the features, one with a double punched profile and one without.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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