Ejection doubling or something else?

Fairlaneman

Mainly the L and I in liberty. Some shows in the motto. Click on the picture twice to enlarge.
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Thanks.
Ken

scubafuel

I see strike doubling. One indicator other than the flat stair step look is that the lettering is thinner without taking the doubling into account. On a doubled die the lettering would be thicker than normal, if that makes sense.

messydesk

Machine doubling. Looking at the L in LIBERTY, it looks smashed. Here's a diagram by Charles Daughtrey that I saved that illustrates the difference between machine doubling and a doubled die (referred to on the diagram as hub doublign) nicely. Conventiently, it also uses an L as its example.

FredWeinberg

Yes, ejection or mechanical doubling.

Very common on Mercs, especially in the
30's and 40's, although it occurs on earlier
years also.

Hemispherical

@messydesk said:
Machine doubling. Looking at the L in LIBERTY, it looks smashed. Here's a diagram by Charles Daughtrey that I saved that illustrates the difference between machine doubling and a doubled die (referred to on the diagram as hub doublign) nicely. Conventiently, it also uses an L as its example.

Borrowing the image and along with CONECA’s PDF on DD vs MD should be great examples for future questions. Thanks @messydesk.

ricko

I agree with machine doubling and the graphic is great for new people to copy and save for reference. Cheers, RickO

messydesk

@Hemispherical said:
Borrowing the image and along with CONECA’s PDF on DD vs MD should be great examples for future questions. Thanks @messydesk.

I assume you're referring to JT Stanton's monograph on the subject. I include that as one of the appendices in the class notes for the Morgan dollar class I teach at ANA Summer Seminar.

Hemispherical

@messydesk said:

@Hemispherical said:
Borrowing the image and along with CONECA’s PDF on DD vs MD should be great examples for future questions. Thanks @messydesk.

I assume you're referring to JT Stanton's monograph on the subject. I include that as one of the appendices in the class notes for the Morgan dollar class I teach at ANA Summer Seminar.

Yes. Comes in very handy with all the “Is this a DD” questions in the QA forum (and here, too.)

messydesk

@Hemispherical said:

@messydesk said:

@Hemispherical said:
Borrowing the image and along with CONECA’s PDF on DD vs MD should be great examples for future questions. Thanks @messydesk.

I assume you're referring to JT Stanton's monograph on the subject. I include that as one of the appendices in the class notes for the Morgan dollar class I teach at ANA Summer Seminar.

Yes. Comes in very handy with all the “Is this a DD” questions in the QA forum (and here, too.)

Perhaps I'll post the diagram and link to JT's article to the Q&A Forum (I rarely go there) and see if I can get it pinned.