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Hello from utah.

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hi I'm new and just getting into the coin collecting thing. I'm having a problem with distinguishing the fake and real double die.[/font]

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A true doubled die is when the die itself is doubled and there's at least 8 different methods this can happen as the coin die is being created. Think of it as play-doh, if you pressed a coin in play-doh then turned the coin slight then pressed into the play-doh again you would get a doubled look. A die is created by "pressing" and the mint use to double press to create the coin die, and this is how coin dies get doubled, when something is changed from the first "pressing" to the next.

A true doubled die's features will be the same height as each other, in example, a 1 will look like a 1 or it will have a little split or extra thickness. A machine doubled coin mimics this but machine doubling happens when the die strikes the coin and the die is a little lose, so it pushes metal away from the side of a 1 or other feature, and this metal push will be flat and look more like a shelf.

Furthermore in machine doubling it looks like someone actually use an exacto knife blade and cut the digit or letter, it has a sharper appearance because it is actually damage to the metal from the edge of the die cavity.

I hope that helps a little. Here's some more reference to help you http://coinauctionshelp.com/doubledieminterror.html

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:welcome:
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Howdy, and welcome
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