1883 Indian Cent doubling?

clevegreg

Was looking through some coins that I have had sitting around, and this 1883 Indian caught my eye. Obviously cleaned at one point, but what is going on with United States? This also carries over to Of America in the same manner. Any thoughts?

goose3

Looks Like Longacre Doubling.

goose3

took me a minute to find an example and a definition .....from Ken Potters site....


Hob or Punch Shoulder Outlines (so-called "Longacre's Doubling") on the reverse of an 1880 1c. Common on many denominations and coinages of the era, world-wide. Certainly not restricted to James B. Longacre's work. Photo by Alan Herbert.

clevegreg

Thanks

Lakesammman

Any idea why there would be shoulders around individual letters when the entire logo is on a single punch??

goose3

heckifiknow Lakes.

CaptainRon

Just a WAG Lakes,

Could it not be the metal that was used to bind the letters to the punch. Some of the letters were bonded more neatly then others, or perhaps some of the letters were fixed later on after the punch perhaps became damaged. Thus when the punch was stuck against the die, it was struck hard, to imprint that extra metal that binds the letters as well, creating that shoulder effect. Once again this is just WAG.

Ron

mgoodm3

This topic came up a while ago and someone(don't remember who) at that time said that the "shelves" were hand-engraved? Something like that.