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1994 P Lincoln Memorial Cent : 1 DDR-001
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Old Post Posted Yesterday   01:26 am
Tough DDR to find. These remain hard to find and hold value. Great find!
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1954-D RPM 1 For Knowledge And See What It Is
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Old Post Posted 05/25/2023  03:38 am
That is RPM-001, and the photo is excellent. I'd just suggest zooming in a little bit more for RPM images. You still need the surrounding details for mint mark position, but you could get in a bit closer and still have that.
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1938 Washington Quarter Doubled Die - DDR-001
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Old Post Posted 05/19/2023  11:05 pm
Yes, it is a fairly old die. A lot of what looks like surface chatter in the images is just flow lines.
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1938 Washington Quarter Doubled Die - DDR-001
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Old Post Posted 05/19/2023  09:41 am
Thanks! And I did not know this had an FS number, but it does seem that when a variety is removed from the Guide they don't seem to mention it in the book anymore so it is hard to learn which varieties used to have numbers. Was this one previously listed but removed? And yeah, been picking more than just cents and learning more of the varieties on some other denominations, but my primary collection and focus remains cents. It just seems worthwhile to pick up some other things along the way. I am fortunate in this as some friends have been super helpful along the way at finding some of the picks for me, like this one.
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1938 Jefferson Nickel Doubled Die - DDO-005, FS-105
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Old Post Posted 05/19/2023  09:33 am
The Frog sees it so it's a winner for sure! And for this one the images were really good so was able to pretty clearly see the doubling and didn't have to go by a marker for the pick.
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1938 Jefferson Nickel Doubled Die - DDO-005, FS-105
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Old Post Posted 05/18/2023  11:34 pm
This one is officially listed as a quad die, which seems right looking at the coin. It was a cherrypick.

1938 Jefferson nickel doubled die - DDO-005, FS-105




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1938 Washington Quarter Doubled Die - DDR-001
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Old Post Posted 05/18/2023  11:08 pm
Given some of the minor dies that are in the Cherrypickers' Guide, I am kind of surprised this one didn't make it. Quite strong extra thickness going on. This was an assisted cherrypick.

1938 Washington quarter doubled die - DDR-001





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1969 S Lincoln Cent May Be A New Attribution.
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Old Post Posted 05/14/2023  11:55 am
I'm back and have had a chance to look these over. The answer is no, it is not hub doubling but effects of die polishing and age. The polishing shows up as reduced areas, most easily seen on the tops of the OD of GOD and the upper parts of the 1 and 6 of the date. The die age shows as a mild overall broadening of the devices but it's not real severe. The date shows no notching, but there is a light MD on there which does make a few areas look somewhat like hub doubling as it isn't strong or obvious. The left side of the first 9 shows it the most strongly but it affects a number of places on the date.

Sorry Jim, not a winner, but certainly was worth a look.


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1959 P LMC Is There Extra Thickness On The Date And Rty Of Liberty Or Is This Just Normal
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Old Post Posted 05/07/2023  11:26 pm
DDO-001 looks very much like DDD for this year. The posted coin appears to be DDD, as on the DDO the letters of LIBERTY are not thicker (it's only on the date), the base of the 1 in the date angles down to the right, and overall the letters just don't look quite thick enough.
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1909 S Indian Head Cent - Counterfeit
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Old Post Posted 05/07/2023  12:49 pm
What I've done in similar situations at coin shows is photograph the coin and sale price alongside the business card of the dealer selling the coin. I ask if they will accept a return if it comes back bad and they always say yes. But true, far better to take an extra couple minutes, find the right lighting, and be sure in the first place.
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1909 S Indian Head Cent - Counterfeit
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Old Post Posted 05/06/2023  8:10 pm
So, sitting in a comfy chair staring at a high res photo of this coin, it is probably pretty easy to see that something isn't right. But now think of it in a plastic holder at a coin show and using a hand loupe under lousy coin show lighting. Well, it was good enough that a dealer who knows better actually bought it, stuck it in with his PCGS show submission coins, and then got the bad news. He gave me the coin yesterday for my collection.

1909-S Indian Head cent - counterfeit 2.88g




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1904 Indian Head Cent Repunched Date - RPD-010, FS-301, S-10
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Old Post Posted 05/06/2023  7:32 pm
You are correct, there is a repunch on the 0 and 4. It's the 4 that is more exciting but the 0 is also there. Should have a submission ready to go on Monday so this one will meet its fate fairly soon. PCGS has knocked down their turnaround times to only about 2 months now.
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1917 DDO! Will It Give The 1958 A Run For The Record?
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Old Post Posted 05/04/2023  11:03 am
There are a few of these counterfeits floating around, but so far I haven't been able to pick one up to get a good look at it. It is unclear who made them, but like some of the 1955 counterfeits it appears that the doubling on the LIBERTY and date goes in opposite directions, so likely from that same source.
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1904 Indian Head Cent Repunched Date - RPD-010, FS-301, S-10
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Old Post Posted 05/03/2023  10:33 pm
Thanks folks! Hoping for the best with this one as I feel it's got the makings for a nice grade.
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1935 Buffalo Nickel Doubled Die - DDO-001
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Old Post Posted 05/03/2023  10:31 pm
Thanks! Just seemed like a really nice variety coin for the price. But yeah, the big ones make the little ones less popular.
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1945 S/S Washington Quarter - RPM-007
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Old Post Posted 05/03/2023  01:36 am
It is certainly RPM-007, as the die scratch from the top of the R to the top of the D is a perfect match as well as mm position and the location of the secondary mint mark. I do not then go to the other sites to figure out the cross references, as once a coin is attributed I move on.
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1945 S/S Washington Quarter - RPM-007
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Old Post Posted 05/03/2023  12:17 am
By request. This is with a removable filter on my current lighting set up so something that could be done quickly and then removed. But the coin loses a lot of it's luster and looks bland and a bit yellow. Good for showing the coin here, but bad if I was trying to sell it or show a friend how nice it is.





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1995 P Jefferson Nickel Mint Error - Double Struck In/Out Of Collar
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Old Post Posted 05/02/2023  11:59 pm
The lighting shows the coin details a lot better but I think the overall image truly is awful compared to how truly amazing this coin looks. Good for showing the error, terrible for seeing the coin as it looks in hand.
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1995 P Jefferson Nickel Mint Error - Double Struck In/Out Of Collar
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Old Post Posted 05/02/2023  11:20 pm
This is a large nickel, pretty much the diameter of a quarter. It appears to have been double struck, with the first strike in the collar and the second struck outside of the collar (broadstruck). On this one my lighting is putting a yellow tint on things, as the coin is super nice and not yellowed.

1995-P Jefferson nickel mint error - double struck in/out of collar



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1935 Buffalo Nickel Doubled Die - DDO-001
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Old Post Posted 05/02/2023  10:57 pm
Fairly strong DDO that I saw come up. Ended up paying $35 for it, which I am hoping was a good price as I am not well-versed in what these kinds of things are worth.

1935 Buffalo Nickel doubled die - DDO-001





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