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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 817445, member: 66&quot;]You&#039;ve got a fairly good grasp on it.</p><p>Double Strike - Coin was struck twice by the die(s)</p><p><br /></p><p>double die - coin was struck by two dies (all coins are struck by two dies, one obv one rev.)&nbsp; A few types of coins were struck by two dies with the same design one being raised and the other incuse.&nbsp; Basically making the coin by embossing it.&nbsp; Some ancients and some French Emergency tokens were made that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Double<b>d</b> die - note the second D, very important.&nbsp; Coin was struck from a defective die that had a doubled image on it.&nbsp; Struck from a doubled DIE!&nbsp; Whe the die was made the design was pressed into it, it was softened and the design was pressed into it again but not in the exact same place.&nbsp; This caused a doubled image to be ine the die.&nbsp; Coins struck from that die will also show the doubled image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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