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I like looking for coin errors surrounding my birth year, so a few years back when someone discovered an awesome 1982 DDR Lincoln, I started salivating at the thought of having one. What surprised me when I came upon this Lincoln is the fact that it is a Denver Mint instead of Philadelphia. I'm not saying at all it perfectly resembles the Philly DDR but there is familiar doubling between the two, I think. I am going to post more pics but I thought my phone did a somewhat decent job  |
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I attempted to find the alleged doubling but came to the conclusion that these initial pictures require more clarity in order for the forum to accurately provide a consensus conclusion. I did try to push Ctrl+ multiple times on my Windows 7 computer, however, to obtain a better close-up shot but the resolution diminished significantly. The first 'T' of STATES is a letter that appears to 'possibly' possess some notching which would be one of the identifying factors of hub doubling but a tighter photo would definitely confirm it or not... I realize that perfect close-up shots are not always attainable depending upon the equipment utilized but the attached photo of an '82 -D LHC would be an example of a DDR EPU whose degree of clarity would be a an excellent benchmark to strive to achieve when uploading these type of diagnostic shots...  mdpmedia |
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Yes, too hard to tell from the photo. That said, the ratio of the size of horizontal features to the vertical features in ONE CENT appear normal. But better pictures will help to confirm either way.
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It appears my interruption lasted 30 minutes or so. The additional pictures have me leaning towards a normal coin (no DDR). The trouble with this year is that the Reverses appear washed out, especially LD specimens of the zinc variety. Even the coppers are tough to find specimens with sharp details. |
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Right on we'll see how it goes with fingers crossed lol! I wish I had another 82' on me to show next to this coin b/c there is added thickness. Never to be too hasty to yell double die anymore but on the first pic you can see some notching on E and R in America. Just a thought. When I said I thought there were some similarities between this coin and the Philly DDR, one of these I tried to show with the 2nd T in State. It almost looks like a raised bubble while the rest of the lettering remains somewhat unchanged. I thought I saw this one one of the Philly examples...could be wrong |
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The overall size of the devices don't match the 1982-P DDR:  Better images might show what you have, but it isn't the Philly DDR. |
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It's better to get confirmation than to toss back to the wild. I have a few images of coins tossed back I wish I still had. You learn more as you go...at least that's the way it is for me. I constantly scan for nice '82 specimens. They are hard to find! See how many I've gotten from this box - nada!  |
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Rackster that is a cool sheet to use for searching. Depending on what I am searching I do similar, but I use a small tackle box and put each date into each compartment.
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Posted 10/11/2014 08:21 am
