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Message:: [QUOTE="jcuve, post: 724093, member: 13945"]I’m sorry, but what I see in these pictures is inconsistent with die doubling. Anyone have found the appearance of doubling on a coin must ask themselves if what appears to be separation lines fall onto the device itself or outside of it - or in other words, is the design elements the typical size with an additional area adjoined to it making it bigger, or do the separation lines cut into the design. The last picture posted is critical to this question - with what appears as separation lines on the E and S of STATES – the lines cut into the E & S, sharply. If I deleted the doubled areas the resulting E & S would be both smaller than normal and oddly shaped. That tells me this is machine doubling. The fact that the separation lines are sharp as opposed to rounded, tells me this machine doubling. What happened is the die came back down and slightly squashed the outside design elements (i.e., machine doubling). The final clue is this kind of doubling on the outside devices on single squeeze hubbings is rare; however, when it has occurred there was notching, extra thickness and (rounded) separation lines. Three examples would be 2004P DDR-001, 2006P DDO-003 and 1995D DDO-003. Examine photos of those coins and find the differences. [/QUOTE]