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Anyone know where a picture of the 1992 Kennedy DDO is available? Did a search of this community but no results. Thanksz, bob |
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Ok, I gave in to the "fever" and ordered two boxes just to see what I have been missing. 1st box was a real downer, every 72 and 74 had the same magic marker symbol vicinity of the date and motto. Found a few NIFC's and got bored looking at coins that someone else had culled so I started rim searching for silver just to speed up the process, parting a roll now and then where sharp rims may indicate an NIFC. While doing so I spotted a 72 that hadn't been marked so I got my glass and gave it a look. Not sure what I found, whether it is a double die or Machine Doubling. Since it is a Denver mint and not in my Cherry-pickers guide as a known variety, thought it might be Machine Doubling, after all how often are new varieties found? (especially by a novice like me!) Would like some opinions please. Oh, by the way, found 5 - 40%'ers in the second box and NO marked coins!! Tried several different angles and lighting but just can't seem to capture the full impact of the doubling.     In particular I see doubling on the "In God " part of the motto, one pic shows the I and N very well. Will try to get better pics if that is needed for an accurate assessment. Thanksz all. bob |
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basicbob - I don't see anything from the images provided that would lead me to believe you have a DDO - any way you can get in closer to what your seeing? Upper, lower? Left or Right for the N? Great Finds as always BernieZ!! |
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Earle42, I too have seen some "gold"-toned halves lately. They look different than actual gold-plated halves. I think it's just oxidation of the nickel, since I also have some nickels that have turned a similar color.
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10/09/2012 01:16 am
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Very nice, BernieZ!  |
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Went and grabbed a few rolls of halves yesterday, nothing spectacular, but did get one proof half. I could hardly tell it was proof due to the crazy multicolor toning, but sure enough, it was. I will try to get a picture up that shows the cool toning!
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sweet find on that 1991 doubling...that thing is kinda trippy to look at haha
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Quote:basicbob - I don't see anything from the images provided that would lead me to believe you have a DDO - any way you can get in closer to what your seeing? Upper, lower? Left or Right for the N? Lonz, I am not the greatest camera operator, tried different angles and lighting but can't seem to capture what I see in real life. In the silver colored pic look at the upper side of the tail of the number "2" other pics show a split in the "I" and light colored areas to the left of the other letters which are what I see in the actual coin as doubling. Will continue to experiment with the camera (I am new to it, a Canon Rebel, don't have a macro lens)and see what I can do. Thanksz for looking, bob |
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Picked up $190 of rolled halves from a new bank today and found a 1964D Kennedy, and 1954D Franklin!
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Anyone remember the name of the person/company that was buying up hoards of halves back around 2008-09ish? I believe they had a contract with Brinks or something like that, this info was made public.
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Thx Jbuck, lonz and benj. Yea, pretty cool doubling. I don't think it's a doubled-die. I think almost everything I find, and alot of what members post is Machine Doubling. I mean, how does a doubled-die get confirmed? There must be many examples of the same half with the same doubling. Otherwise, it would seem to be Machine Doubling. Jbuck, care to weigh in on this? |
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Fist full of dirt, that would be jackson metals in ohio. They are after getting the fed to let them cull the copper pennies, keep the indians and collectable coins and make them available to collectors, and have offered to help distrubute the zincs nationwide as needed.
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Earle42 and FatFreddy,
I have ran across some halves from Littleton Coin Company (www.littletoncoin.com) which at first seem to be gold. They are something like 24k gold plated. In fact, I think I purchased two one time in their original wrapping from a guy I bought some proofs off of locally.
So, when I see mention of gold halves I normally post that they are likely from this company. (They have been around a decent amount of time and are decently recognized by a lot of collectors).
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@Basicbob101,
First, congrats on finding silver in the second box.
Second, I tried to examine your images the best I could. To me, it seems the doubling seems to be a bit horizontal versus lateral. Most doubled dies I have saw are up-down and not left-right. If you have a magnifying glass, look at the serifs to see if they are broken; this is normally a key way of helping to determine a doubled die. Sometimes these are called grooves or notches.
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