1860 Double Strike?

[tracyaw]

Looking through my 1860's this caught my eye, the Ts in Britt and the REG FD are double struck. Unfortunately quite a bit of corrosion:

[Peckris]

Looking through my 1860's this caught my eye, the Ts in Britt and the REG FD are double struck. Unfortunately quite a bit of corrosion:

Probably a re-cut / re-punched legend rather than double struck - good spot though.

[tracyaw]

Oh right Peckris. I am not really familiar with recuts or repunch, I always thought anything that resulted in the coins legends looking double, is a double strike. What happens with a repunch/recut?

[Peckris]

Oh right Peckris. I am not really familiar with recuts or repunch, I always thought anything that resulted in the coins legends looking double, is a double strike. What happens with a repunch/recut?

It's where bits of the legend started to wear - the relevant letters were 're-cut' but as they couldn't be aligned with the previous letter absolutely exactly, you see this 'doubling' effect. Very common in the 19th Century.

Yes, sometimes there are cases where coins are double struck, but then you see it all over not just certain letters.

[Peckris]

Oh right Peckris. I am not really familiar with recuts or repunch, I always thought anything that resulted in the coins legends looking double, is a double strike. What happens with a repunch/recut?

It's where bits of the legend started to wear - the relevant letters were 're-cut' but as they couldn't be aligned with the previous letter absolutely exactly, you see this 'doubling' effect. Very common in the 19th Century.

Yes, sometimes there are cases where coins are double struck, but then you see it all over not just certain letters.

[davidrj]

Good example of a double strike post Peck

[tracyaw]

Thanks Peckris

[Peckris]

Good example of a double strike post Peck

[Gary1000]

Oh right Peckris. I am not really familiar with recuts or repunch, I always thought anything that resulted in the coins legends looking double, is a double strike. What happens with a repunch/recut?

It's where bits of the legend started to wear - the relevant letters were 're-cut' but as they couldn't be aligned with the previous letter absolutely exactly, you see this 'doubling' effect. Very common in the 19th Century.

Yes, sometimes there are cases where coins are double struck, but then you see it all over not just certain letters.

I read somewhere that double struck all over is likely to be caused in the hubbing process so the doubling is in the die.