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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 1811011, member: 4350&quot;]OK,&nbsp; Here&#039;s the deal.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is indeed a coin that was the result of Master Die Doubling.&nbsp; In fact many Ikes are doubled dies but they are not at all rare or scarce.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A master die is created early on in the process of the creation of dies used to make coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, A Master hub is used to make a master die.&nbsp; If during that process, the master die is impressed in such a way that the Master die ends up with multiple impressions , you have a situation where all the working hubs made from that master die (with multipled details) will have multipled details.&nbsp; The master die could be doubled, tripled, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the working dies that will be used to strike coins will also be doubled if the doubled working hub was used to create them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means that there will be many , many, dies that are doubled producing perhaps hundreds of thousands to millions of coins that are technically doubled dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Eisenhower dollar series is loaded with these. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s confusing but a Master hub is used to make just a few master dies.&nbsp;&nbsp; The master dies make working hubs,&nbsp; then working hubs are used to make working dies.&nbsp; If the master die is doubled, everything down the line is doubled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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