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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jay4202472000, post: 2829473, member: 42573&quot;]The &quot;doubled tree top&quot; is most certainly, as Paddy stated, a die chip.&nbsp; On newer coins, since the mint implemented the single squeeze hubbing process, you won&#039;t see many doubled dies with doubling on the devices around the perimeter of the coin.&nbsp; Of corse there are exceptions to this rule like <a href="http://varietyvista.com/01e%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%205/2015PDDO001%20cent.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/01e%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%205/2015PDDO001%20cent.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/01e LC Doubled Dies Vol 5/2015PDDO001 cent.htm</a> but not many.&nbsp; The reason is in the name of the newer die making process.&nbsp; In <i>single squeeze hubbing</i>, they try to do just that, squeeze the hub into the die just once.&nbsp; The majority, if not all, of your America the Beautiful doubled dies have <i>centrally</i> located doubling.&nbsp; I.E doubled ears on the obverse &amp; doubled windows on the Homestead reverses.&nbsp; They are created when the die and hub are starting to be squeezed and have just made a slight initial contact.&nbsp; The mint notices something is off &amp; backs off the pressure.&nbsp; The mistake is corrected and the process is completed.&nbsp; That initial &quot;kiss&quot; of the die and hub leaves an impression of a very small portion on the design before the full squeeze is done.&nbsp; I hope this helps you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the &quot;vampire&quot; quarter is a contact mark from the reeding of another quarter.&nbsp; Just damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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