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Pillar of the Community
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Ok Coop, I hope this is close enough. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes it does. Note how the Machine Doubling is reducing the size of the device. I had my hopes for this one, but it is MD.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes I did too. Thank you very much.
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Pillar of the Community
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5964 Posts |
Coop if you are referring to the northwest corner of the S being narrow, I just compared it to another 54 S and it is narrow also with no md.
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Pillar of the Community
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I saw the pic you showed of a DD dime, it said,"notice how the device is rounded". That is absent here. Is that what is reduced?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Notice the difference in size/width of the normal mint marks for this year and the RPMs to compare with your mint mark size?  You might think, yours looks a lot like this? But the overall size of the mint mark is the same as a normal size one. I would hang onto for now. I checked the CONECA listings and it shows none like yours.
Edited by coop 04/01/2015 02:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, I will hang on to it. It does seem to be an "iffy" coin. I really appreciate your time and effort on this one, Coop. By the way, I got that close-up with my $200 camera. I raised the glass in my light box just enough to slide the mm under it. That enabled me to get the lense super close. My thanks to SsuperDdave for telling me that is important.  
Edited by CoinMasters 04/01/2015 10:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Most of the coin is not under the glass, that way the lense is closer to the coin and still has light.
Edited by CoinMasters 04/02/2015 09:08 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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The light source is diffused just the way it should be for a circulated coin. Have tried a proof coin with that setup? You might need a little more diffuser on a BU/proof coin. But for a circulated coin it is just right. I would place some dark fabric on the wood in your light box. That would half remove glare and give your coins a nice background. (you could probably glue it on to the wood)
Edited by coop 04/02/2015 09:14 am
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Pillar of the Community
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The proof had too much glare. I will glue a dark cloth in the box for further diffusion. Thanks, later.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coop I just noticed something. The images we've been comparing are for a penny! My S is on a nickel. Something odd about this nickel.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The punches are used on all denominations until they are replaced with a new one.
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh. thanks. I didn't know that.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coinmaster,if you have an ipad or smartphone try downloading 'ollo clip' then click on the macro setting-i think its a picture of a flower? Then with your loupe try taking pics see if that helps you...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tip of the day: When taking micro photos, make sure to focus on the fields, not the tops of the devices. That way the image will not be blurred.
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