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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1768628, member: 15929"]Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "stage" of a die is relative to it's "life" during the coining operation. What this means, is that a fresh, brand new die will produce a strong, sharp image. Call that Stage 1.As the die is used, it goes through required "on the press" cleaning which may impart die scratches to the die thereby creating "Stage 2"As the die continues to wear, the die scratches get compressed out of the die and the details begin to look mushy with rounded edges.Throw some machine doubling into the mix and the devices on the die begin to open up.During the last stages of the dies life, ghosted or doubled images begin to appear. No where in the life of the die, is it removed from the coining press and "rehubbed". The ONY possible way that a die could carry two different varieties would have to have occurred during the hubbing process where a DDO-001 hub were impressed into a DDO-002 die (or vice versa) on the second or subsequent impressions. However, such a scenario would also produce a series doubled die meaning that the initial doubling occurred "on the hub" AND every DDO-001 or DDO-002 coin would be a combination of the two different varieties. As for the Morgans, please list what "double" VAMs you are referring to that are NOT related to die state such as polishing, cracks, scratches, rusted dies, or die breaks.[/QUOTE]