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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 4069177, member: 15199&quot;]No, I see no doubled die effect. If you are talking about the dark area around the outside of the D , that is normal. The sides can not be perfectly vertical as the die would have trouble coming up from the strike and not really damaging the lettering and devices due to the rapidity of striking, SO the sides of the die are angled slightly inward __/&nbsp; \__&nbsp; so when they hid the die the bottom is slightly wider than the top. The light hitting the slop is reflected sideways making it appear to be darker. Most USB microscopes do not have enough resolution to make it appear correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063604[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maybe this photo will help. Now only the mm is &#039;doubled&#039; as in RPM, and you probably can see that easily. Now look at the date. Do you see a Doubled die?&nbsp; No , the outline around the numbers is flat, so it is MD there. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Lighting for USB cameras under 5 mp is extremely important as the software will fill in &#039;fake&#039; pixels if the magnification overwhelms the resolution. The above photo was handheld Canon PS590 8mp with accessory +10 closeup lens as I recall, but it was quite a few years ago.&nbsp; Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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