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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7754301, member: 66"]It can be rotated, off-set, or pivoted.  Rotated is a special case of a pivoted doubled die where the axis around which the die is pivoted is the center axis.  This is the case in the 1955 and 1972 die 1 double dies.  But the pivot point can actually be anywhere, even off the edge of the die.  On the 1995 DDO cent the pivot point is close to the 5 in the date.  With a pivoted doubled ide the further you get from the pivot point the greater the separation in the doubling.  That is why there is almost no doubling on the date be significant doubling on LIBERTY and IN GOD.  For an example of an off-set doubled die look at the 1983 DDR cent where the die was off-set toward 6:00 with no rotation.  Many Shield Nickel DDO are off-set doubled dies.  It is also possible for the die to be both off-set AND pivoted although I can't come up with an example off the top of my head. There are also examples of doubled dies that aren't rotated, pivoted or off-set. Distorted hub doubling:  In this case the die has been hubbed with a hub that has hubbed a lot of dies between the first and second hubbings and the hub has worn and spread out some. Modified hub doubling: similar to the last but two different hubs are used, one worn, one new. Design hub doubling: In this case once again two different hubs are used but with different designs,  examples are the 43/2 nickel or the 42/1 dimes.[/QUOTE]