Thanks to everyone for the kind comments. I'll try to answer questions below:
Quote:Great images! What kind of scope and imager do you use?
The image on the 1943D was so good it helped me understand that I can use die scratches to help me differentiate among the myriad 1943
DDO variations. I was having trouble with the subtlety of the differences.
The doubling in the lips looked striking, no pun intended. Does it look like a triple eyelid to you? Is that even possible?
The HiRes photos have been really useful for marker ID, and indeed this was a primary reason for figuring out how to do them. I wanted a single photo with high enough resolution to show all the details on the coin. All those individual images showing markers and such are nice, but I find many things with the HiRes photos that don't show up in multi-image format.
I don't usually give much credence to any doubling I see in the profile. I used to ignore the eyelid doubling, but now I look for it. Oh the countless DDOs I must have missed over the years.
The photo system I'm using is pretty advanced...a Sony A7Rm4, with a Nikon 95mm Printing-Nikkor, and automated focus stacking. I fill the width of the frame with the coin, and stitch a 2-tile vertical panorama. Each tile is focus stacked with 36 images, then stitched to create the final ~9000 x 9000 pixel image. For the 43-D I combined the obverse and reverse into a ~18000 x 9000 pixel final image. Such large images are difficult to host, which is why I'm using EasyZoom.
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Congrats Ray! I guess that post over at CONECA last month got the ball rolling on this?
I guess it did. First response over there was from the CONECA President. We exchanged emails and had a phone call to discuss the issues from both sides. Apparently the creation of the new CML has been quite a big task and is taking much longer than expected for various reasons, but I'm happy to see progress, and even happier to see two discoveries listed.
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I know you're a pro at photography, but your pictures of the 1943-D steel cent are truly outstanding. The notching on the tail of the 4 is perfectly visible. Your lighting and color balance are flawless.
You know, I've looked at that image extensively but never really keyed-in to the notch on the 4. For sure that's a major marker in attributing the coin. Thanks very much for pointing it out. It doesn't show up well on the CONECA image. And thanks again for the kind comments!
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