Shifting Público Deposited

- Shifting. An error of hubbing, die making, or striking where detail of lettering appear doubled. The error could be in the die – as a double punch or double impression from the hub – or it could be in the striking – as a shifting in position between two strikings. See double image.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor