1993 DDO New Variety Penny

I am not a new variety hunter I know I don't have the best camera to show pictures but you can't just go by the ear not to mention you can see the doubling is rounded not flat also even if the picture doesn't show it on the back of the head where the hair is it is separated. die damage doesn't cause that.and on the chin the doubling doesn't line up with it,on the beard along the neck there is separated hair and on the head there is small doubling of hair that my camera won't show,plus on any coin that I have seen with die damage if there is die damage on the portrait,the rest of the coin has damage not to mention all the numbers and letters are sharp and strong.and there is double ears that doesn't go below the ear,not to mention if you enlarge the picture you can see that the ear going into the doubling is rounded a smashed ear would not look that way I have seen a lot of smashed ears but I thank every one for there opinion,but I know what I have.

If someone who writes a book says a little dot behind the ear is a double ear everyone would go with it if I would show a picture of one I can guarantee everyone would say die gouge,but people are funny like that any more they always want to prove someone wrong unless they think they know more than them.but the whole thing with my post was I never said is this a double die?or will someone agree with me? I never said anything like that I just said look but then you have people making comments oh he just wants someone to agree,no I never ask or said that and I am so confident that this is a double die I called ken potter because I wanted it to be authenticate it but sadly he said he doesn't do it anymore.

Ken Potter is a member here on CCF,Koinpro. You could send it to NGC to be slabbed.
John1

Kevin , you are quite well versed in the paticulars of a doubled die. I am curious if you compaired the size and shape of the whole lower ear , including the "doubled" area to the size and shape of another 1993 cent of a similar die state.
To me the whole ear area of your coin including the "doubled " area is that of a normal coin.
Your pics are just fine.

If it was just the ear it would be easy to know but there is other spots on the coin someone suggested john suggested NGC so I may try them just to find out for sure if some of or all of the coin is doubled, because even if the ear looks flattened the part going into the ear is rounded and I have seen double dies in pictures that have places that look flattened but in the end it could be die abrasion I haven't seen enough of them type of coins to rule it out.but I do thank everyone for your comments.please check out my new post with a split planchet it will give us something else to talk about until I get this coin sent off which may be awhile but I am honest if it comes back different than what I thought I will post it.it just might take a few months.

If it was abraision the details around it would show that. How could the surrounding hair not be affected if it was polished in that area? The area you are referring to on the ear, if you look closely enough, does not match the shape of the ear it is in contact with. A doubled die is exactly the same shape. Plus looking at the shadowing of all the devices makes it appear lower than the ear itself, and makes it look flat as there are not any curves of shadowing like on the ear. My thought is that it took a hit.

I would also like to know which "experts" do not agree with the 1997 doubled ear. From what I have seen, Wexler, Potter, Crawford, Daughtrey, Wiles, Fivaz, Stanton all agree it is a doubled die on the ear. That is the royal court as far as I am concerned.

Www.lincolncentresource is where I read that.about the 1997 double ear.