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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2644602, member: 13307"]Well, yes...but we both know most doubled dies aren't as spectacular as this one. I do get your point about the common "Is this a double die? How about this one?" that happens all the time, especially with machine doubling. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember about 15 years ago when I was first starting to search for varieties in Kennedy Half boxes, I couldn't for the life of me tell what a 1974 D DDO was supposed to look like in hand. I'd find plenty of MD coins, plenty of worn dies, but it wasn't until I went ahead and bought a graded PCGS AU58 off eBay to examine that it really sank in. And then, over the next month, proceeded to find over 20 of them for face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, yes, I'll also agree that displaying an example of a strong doubled die (spelled correctly this time, last time was intentionally misspelled) is extremely helpful as a point of reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2644602, member: 13307"]Well, yes...but we both know most doubled dies aren't as spectacular as this one. I do get your point about the common "Is this a double die? How about this one?" that happens all the time, especially with machine doubling. I remember about 15 years ago when I was first starting to search for varieties in Kennedy Half boxes, I couldn't for the life of me tell what a 1974 D DDO was supposed to look like in hand. I'd find plenty of MD coins, plenty of worn dies, but it wasn't until I went ahead and bought a graded PCGS AU58 off eBay to examine that it really sank in. And then, over the next month, proceeded to find over 20 of them for face value. So, yes, I'll also agree that displaying an example of a strong doubled die (spelled correctly this time, last time was intentionally misspelled) is extremely helpful as a point of reference.[/QUOTE]
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