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1995 DDO Die State Questions

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 Posted 12/23/2010  02:08 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm looking at 2 1995P-1DO-001's and comparing them to die state markers on coppercoins.

Coin #1 obverse matches the EDS example. Has the die gouges around LIBERTY, no crack on the head.
Coin #2 obverse has some MDS markers. Most notably the crack on his head. There are no polish lines around the motto or the date though.

Flip the coins over.

Coin #1 has the die cracks on the memorial and the gouges/pitting under the NT.
Coin #2, has no die cracks or pitting.

Am I missing something?
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 Posted 12/24/2010  06:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
OK!

Coin 1 - no crack obverse, cracks on reverse (col's 1&2 and above bay 5)

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Coin2 - crack on obverse (from the top of his ear into his hair and it looks like it goes down to the middle of his neck), no cracks on reverse

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Can you hear me now?

I'm having a hard time getting my head around this.
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Could you give us a close up of the LIB area and the IN area. Reverse dies were switched out when they started to crack too much. Not all remained a pair through out their life. I'm watching for die flow in these areas. So images of that area would be a great help.
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 Posted 12/24/2010  1:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here you go, coop. I hope this is what you are after. If you need anything else, just let me know.

Coin 1:

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Coin 2 :

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 Posted 12/24/2010  1:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, coin 1 made it's run with a set of dies, the reverse was replaced with a new die creating the run of coin 2? That certainly makes a lot more sense than any other scenarios I came up with and had crossed my mind. That could really mess up trying to match die markers.
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That is why markers are not always there. It is a help when they are, but things happen to change the dies appearance/changing.

#1 late MDS die state. Die flow lines are beginning to get stronger
#2 LDS die state. Heavier die flow lines. The LIB on LIBERTY area usually tells the whole story.
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Scooby Nice 95's when did you find them ?
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 Posted 12/25/2010  08:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've had the first one for awhile.

The second one was part of a small collection that I recently purchased. It's in an old PCI slab graded MS67 that looks true to grade.
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Those are beautiful 95s. I still need to obtain one for my collection.
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