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It is a double variety. A RPM and a doubled die.
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Very nice!  |
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Very nice! |
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Thats amazing! What a marvelous coin!! Thats a show stopper game changer should have a superstar designation WOW SPPECHLESS
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You know we are going to want to know what you paid for it and where you got it  Great coin,i would like one in my collection. John1  |
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John, Its a graded ms65 red, a few specks and some light toning in spots, but overall I am happy with it. I paid $300.00 for it, delivered. I wanted one of these that showed every bit of the issue with this variety and this one has it. When I want something, I tend to get it and knock it off the list. Two more major coins I want are a 1955 DDO and a 1972 Type 1 DDO. This 1960-D I plan on adding to my knowledge base on my website, to show people exactly what type of errors exist out there. If I can master the photography of the coin through the plastic - better than the pics above - I have great plans for this coin = ) I may pick up a 2nd one of the 1960-D as well. These things are drying up. |
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CC, whats a 1972 type 1 DDO? |
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You just need the correct angle and a diffused light source. I use a ramp when taking images under my scope and use it turned different for full images of proof coins.  Under the scope I use it with the tallest edge at 12:00 and on full image with the tallest edge at 6:00. You might make one and give it a try. It is a 2X2 covered with dark material with a piece of cardboard at the end making it angled. stapled. I also add a lid from a square half dollar tube. It keep from scratching the base of my microscope and slides easily.  (I guess I'm the McGyver of Taking images. LOL) |
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Its not the setup I am worried about, its the coin being encased in a TPG holder thats the issue. Some just glare on any hit of light. Its not a big deal, there are many ways to diffuse light or brighten a room to allow shooting of the coin. The possibilities are endless, as long as the brain can keep up. = ) As for the Type 1 coins, I group all my Licolns as "type 1" refering to copper. Type 2 is a '43 steel cent type 3 is the standard zinc or junk cent as I call it. There was a website I had found a while back that listed the types, and made sense (no pun intended). It basically started with Wheat cents as Type 1, The 1943 steel cent as type 2, Lincoln memorial as type 3, and then every different type of coin, whether design or content was another type. I think Lincoln cents have a total of 8 types. ANYWAY, The point I want to make about the '72 is that I'll but the one that shows the classic wide separation, markers and all the bells and whistles possible. I think owning the key coins allows a person to easily collect the rest of the set. The 1972 I did have, which was a purchase from a law enforcement agency was given to my daughter as the last coin needed to complete the 1959-present set. It was a beauty too. |
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You might want to add "Lincoln Cents" to your ID of 1-3. What about the large cents, copper nickel cents? They are also cents.
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Very very nice for 300 bucks.
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Let me tell my story about this die. I saw one on ebay back over 10 years ago that had a rolling machine mark through the mint mark, but it was a great price and I just had to buy it. Little did I know in a roll of 1960 small date circulated rolls I found a circulated one. I had that roll about three years before I searched it.   |
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Yep, I have done the same thing. I have bought rolls or bags, in hopes to find additional varieties only to pull out what I already had, which cost me say 50 dollars and up.
It happens. I consider opening bags or BU roll hunting like Christmas all over again. Each coin is a present and one never knows what I will find until its under the scope and looked at.
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Coop, I didnt make the type list, I found it on the web. There was a thread a while back, maybe John started, asking about either a type 1 or type 2 coin designation on an ebay ad. The only one I could find related to modern day cents, meaning it doesn't go back to the 1792 time frame. The original thread is here; https://goccf.com/t/173567The site that showed all 8 current day types, which isn't official but makes sense; http://www.thecoinspot.com/1_lincoln_cent.php |
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