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1970 s large date over small date

Larde date over small or small over large or absolutely nothing? 2 different cents.


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    SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Strike doubling

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,031 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Machine doubling. Shelf doubling. What is the acceptable term ?

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    Cul8rCul8r Posts: 165 ✭✭

    Bubkiss

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    Cul8rCul8r Posts: 165 ✭✭

    Weren't the mint marks struck by hand back then how does it end up doubled as well?

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    P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cul8r said:
    Weren't the mint marks struck by hand back then how does it end up doubled as well?

    They are punched into the die by hand, but it still becomes part of the die.

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Via mechanical doubling

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mechanical Doubling, but still looks neat.
    Jim


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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,381 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cul8r said:
    Weren't the mint marks struck by hand back then how does it end up doubled as well?

    Machine doubling happens during the strike.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's definitely MDD. The mintmark is applied AFTER to die is made.

    If it too has doubling, can't be a true doubled die.

    Pete

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    OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is some info that explains mechanical/machine/strike doubling

    https://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html

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    moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a really cool example of mechanical doubling, and great pictures!

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    Steven59Steven59 Posts: 11,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 27, 2022 8:07PM

    Machine, mechanical, strike, shelf, slide, push "DOUBLING" - take your pick - :)

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great example of machine/mechanical doubling. No numismatic premium, but worth keeping in the 'education album'.... Cheers, RickO

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting to see what new collectors think. Imagine people sitting around a table putting the mint mark S on 890,000,000 coins that year.
    The reason it is called "shelf" doubling is that it looks like a shelf coming off the letters. Think of it as you think of a reef in an ocean. The land is above water the reef below, and it's a reef shelf that extends out into the ocean for a ways before it drops into the abyss. Looks just like it doesn't it?

    bob :)

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