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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3811722, member: 27832&quot;]Let me try <i>my</i> hand at the question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hub doubling happens during die preparation. Everyone agrees that it&#039;s a mint error.</p><p><br /></p><p>Off-center strikes, double strikes, capped dies and brockages -- all happen during the strike, and don&#039;t affect the die. Off-center and double strikes can affect a single coin in a run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Machine doubling happens during the strike, and doesn&#039;t affect the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why is it that off-center strikes, double strikes, and capped dies are considered mint errors, but machine doubling isn&#039;t?</p><p><br /></p><p>My answer is that machine doubling is <i>common</i> and <i>not especially spectacular</i>, and that&#039;s why it&#039;s generally not <i>collectable</i>. But I think it&#039;s goofy to say it&#039;s <i>not a mint error</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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