In regards to Cathy's 2007 Silver Eagle

[notabot]

EA, your post is fine, but some readers are used to only looking at the pictures...

And it is JUST A JOKE!!!!

[eagames]

I think Steven (or ?) did start a similar post with pics of nice examples of each class of doubling.

It would be great if we can do it by showing the same area like LIBERTY if we can find each class that shows in the same area.

Maybe someone can find that old post, it was off to a good start.

[wavysteps2003]

Just ran across this post and although I am a bit late in adding to it, a few thoughts on the subject matter of doubled dies.

First, the Class IX has only been recognized by Coppercoins, who I beleive is on the right track with seperating single squeeze doubled dies from mutliple hubbed doubled dies. However, even Coppercoins does not follow its own classification system and does call single squeeze hubbed doubled dies other classes.

Let me explain. The first eight classes of doubled dies define the action taken to produce a doubled die using the multiple hubbing system. A definition according to Webster is ""the act of defining, determining, distinquishing or explaining".

If you look at the start of the DEFINITIONS for the first eigth class if doubled dies, they all begin thusly, "A die that was hubbed normally and then the (a) hub -------". Simple put, the first eight classes of doubled dies were specifically made for multiple hubbed dies. No where in those definitions is the explanation defined what happens in the single squeeze hubbing. Yes, the result may be the same, for a Class IV is a Class IV whether produced by a single squeeze or multiple hubbing system, it is the action that produces that result that is not address correctly in those definitions.

The answer is to redefine the action that causes doubled dies in the single squeeze hubbing and either add classes appropriatly or make sub classes under existing ones.

Why is this important. A definition is made to describe accurately what is happening, in both cause and result, for those who have little or no understanding of what is being defined. In other words, we already have confusing in some of the terms used, why add more by using definitions that do not adequately describe what is truely happening.

As far as the nature of MDD, its worth and collectiblity. A Sacagawea dollar has been posted on this site that has created a buzz that has MDD (or at least for the time being, that is what it looks like) on both obverse and reverse.
I would put it into my collection and I am almost sure that Mike Diamond would put it in his collection. Of course not all MDDs are worthy of this and I still feel that the MDD that occurs on the 1969-S Lincoln cent and the prices seen for this error are way over priced. But that is my opinion. What it boils down to, is the eye of the beholder; collect what you feel is worth enough for your collection.

BJ Neff