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On mint state "red" coins like this, you want to diffuse the light so that there isn't so much glare. I see possible notching on the reverse though.
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I don't believe DDO-002 and DDR-002 are a known die pair, so I'd be very skeptical about it being both. My guess would be neither, but if you post better pictures it will be easier to confirm that.
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Not sure how I could diffuse the light, unless I use a different source. My digital scope has a ring of LED lights in a circle around the main part, with 2 lights on the sides. I don't have a memory card for it, so I have to take screenshots with my computer.
The pictures that show the actual color of the coin are taken with an Ipad plus jeweler's loupe and get blurry/glare when I zoom in.
Let me see if I can get better pictures.
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I don't believe DDO-002 and DDR-002 are a known die pair I'm starting to think it's not the DDO-002, after looking at the last T in Trust again. Let me try to get better pictures.
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These first two pictures are taken with my digital scope with the light turned off. For the other pictures, I popped the lense off my actual microscope and had it in front of an Ipad. I'm not sure if these are much better. There's still a lot of glare. It still looks like the DDO and DDR 002 to me.  Doubling on the last T in Trust and the date. Double hair. On reverse, split serif on the R in America.      |
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Those pictures with the light turned off are actually very good because there is absolutely no glare at all. Not a DDR in my opinion. |
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On the obverse, I don't see doubling on the bust, but it's wore down a bit in that area. Unless it's a later state die. That R and C in America must have me fooled then. Those sure look like a split serifs, even more so if I invert the colors.  |
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Not seeing any doubling either. I suggest looking at the R under your loupe instead - the light reflects really badly on the tails of the R and I find it easier to see under optical magnification than with the USB scope.
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the light reflects really badly on the tails of the R I guess that also explains why the E in One and the N in Cent both look like they have split serifs, when I use my scope.  
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09/27/2020 11:31 pm
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What about the obverse?
The thickness on Liberty, UST in Trust and the 984 in the date?
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Posted 09/27/2020 8:51 pm
