Coins that are typically not listed are ones that have not been found by collectors that wish to spend the money, time and effort to send a coin in for attribution. An Attributor typically needs more than one of these coins so they have somthing to look for markers or Pick Up Points that will be common amongst all of the coins. having more than one example from the same die state (say all are from the die in medium die state)allows the attributor to look at all these simialr coins and find markers, and know that they will stay consistent through that die state.
The markers can change significantly between die states. So, if a person finds something new, and only has one of them, an attributor will confirm the new find, but then has to do a best guess at which markers on the coin they have will appear on other coins with the same issue.
Typically when people find new varieties or errors, they would send them in to a seasoned attributor. Then from there the attributor can confirm or deny the claim. If some one like John Wexler, Ken Potter or some one from CONECA attributes a coin, it can then be sent into a Third Party Grading (
TPG) service. People will send in a copy of the paprwork with the coin and that will show the
TPG people a new variety exists and have some concrete evidence to go by.
One thing I do when I find something is try to find others like it. This is one reason I like to do Bags and rolls of BU coins. Odds are I will find another and can try matching up some markers and confirm its not a fluke.
OK, for this Coin, right off, on the LIBERTY upside down shot, I Think I see a dieclash or some other thing near the "L" in LIBERTY. I magnified the image up to 300% and it looks promising that its a part of another "L" or a die clash. Looking at the coin right side up, the clash or another part of the "L" should be right below the regular "L", and almost touching the rim.
One of the things I am seeing on the upside down pics is some sort of damage across "L", alittle on the "E" and on the "T" in LIBERTY. I also see this slight clip on the "1", the backside of the "9", backside of the "6" and the middle part of the "5". The only
Machine Doubling I see in "In God We Trust" is the word "WE".
IF I had to choose one that looks closer - via the pics, and not having the coin in hand, on Wexler's site, the "5" clip on Wexler's site and your coin is close, BUT, that would make it a 1965 1ยข WDDO-001 vice a 002. Looking at all these pics, and then John Wexler's site as well, 002 to me doesn't show enough for me to cal it a
DDO from His site. Maybe I am just over saturated from looking at coins for the last month or so. I am probably suffering from Copper Eye magnification poisoning ! I understand that having a coin in hand is way different than what one can see in pics. This one, I cannot seem to find anything other than the issue that exists below the "L".
Coppercoins doesn't list anything for the 1965 year. Hummm.
I wonder if this is the same sort look your
DDO is showing. Take a look at this 1963-D and see if it exhibits the same sort of
DDO;
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/...ie_state=mdsThe 1963 almost looks "layered" as if one date is directly under the other date. Stacked and slightly off. If Coppercoins pics aren't clear enough for the 1963-D let me know, I will upload a pic of one to compare.
My eyes are crossed. I'll take a break from this, and come back to it to see if there is anything I have missed.
Posted 05/05/2014 4:48 pm
