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Message:: [QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1464886, member: 15199"]Lets think about how the "overdate" was made originally. It is really a "Design Hub Doubling" where the working die that made the 1918/7-S coin was hubbed first by one hubbing die bearing one date and put aside for metallurgic reason and then later hubbed a second time ( normal procedure), but in this case with a hubbing die bearing the other date. Since the date was the main discernable difference between the 2 hubbing dies, it is the apparent total result. But here is where a problem with "markers" is concerned. The small raised portion that you see at the upper left of the 8 on the posted coin here, and the 18/7 could be due to at least one hubbing of the normal 1918 working die, and would show up on any normal coin that was ONLY hubbed with the one 1918 design,or also the one hubbed with the normal 1918 hub and a 1917 hub. So, many of the regular 1918 coins could show the same markers as the 1918/7 coin since the working die of both were hubbed at least once with the regular 1918 coin hubbing die. Whereas, if the original coin was a variety of the 1918/7 -S, the "7" wouild show in the "8", IMO. So my opinion would be not a 1918/7. Jim[/QUOTE]