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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 25240068, member: 90692&quot;]I’ll try to ease your confusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>We think your coin was made from the original Master Die for 1972.&nbsp; This die had <b>no doubling.</b>&nbsp; But it failed during production of working hubs and working dies so the Mint had to create a <b>second Master Die.</b>&nbsp; This die <b>did have </b>doubling and so did all the production dies it was used to make.&nbsp; So from around May 1972 to the end of the year, all the rest of the coins made had doubling, making it a very common and easy to obtain variety that holds no premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has no doubling.&nbsp; Ipso facto, it had to have been made from a die produced by the original Master Die before the failure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to Wexler and study the die making process section…imo…Spark</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:&nbsp; Go to Wexler, to the doubled die listings for 1972 LMC and read the beginning paragraph.&nbsp; It has a detailed explanation on what happened… [USER=151804]@Twyzm[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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