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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1385001, member: 66"]In order to answer your question about why the date doesn't show the doubling. Most people, when they think about a double die, think of the 1955 or 1972 DDO cents.  Those were made with what is called a Class I doubled die or rotated hub doubling.  In that case the second impression of the hub was rotated around a pivot point located at the center of the die face.  The doubling is strong around the rim, but the closer you get to the pivot point the less doubling is visible. The 1995 DDO is a result of what is called pivoted hub doubling.  As with the class I, the second impression of the hub is rotated around a pivot point, but in this case the pivot pointis not located at the center of the die face.  It is located just a little above the second 9 in the date.  Once again the closer you get to the pivot point the less doubling there is and the date is VERY close to the pivot.  IN G is just about as far from the pivot as you can get and it shows very strong doubling.  LIBERTY is also very far for the pivot. The pivot point on pivoted hub doubling can occur at any point on the die face (Or in fact even off the die face).  Rotated hub doubling is actually just a special case of pivoted hub doubling where the pivot point happens to be at the center of the die.[/QUOTE]