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JayCameron New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 5:14 pm Hi, I was going through some old US dollars, and I came across this coin. I tend to do some wishful thinking in terms of hoping for errors, but I think this may be a mild DDO that is tough to see because of wear. Thoughts? The lips aren't that "hot", but note the doubling along the nose ridge, the (faint bc of wear) doubling on the leaves, and also the second U in "Unum" displays doubling, and the strong serifs -- especially the S in "Pluribus" Reverse is better than obverse, but not great.I might guess it is around VF 31, but I am not a grader. If this is a DDO, is it worth getting graded by NGC or PGCS? Thoughts? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

jdiablo30 Pillar of the Community United States 946 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 6:38 pm Normal looking Morgan to me sorry to say.I think what you are seeing is the coins molecular movement over time on the ridge of the nose. Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 7:04 pm Doesn't look like it to me. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 07/12/2015 5:39 pm Nope the doubling is very, very obvious on the Hot Lips variety. So much that you can see two complete sets of lips - even on coins worn down with little design left. See: http://www.vamworld.com/1888-O+VAM-4 "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 07/18/2015 03:02 am Jay, In the unlikely event you were unaware of this free diagnostic site VAMworld has a decent photo that helps to address your nose ridge doubling inquiry: http://www.vamworld.com/Hot+Lips Besides the apparent lack of similarity between each coin's lips, the nose ridge doubling position is distinct for each coin. Also, just for the record, some members like myself do prefer seeing the entire obverse and reverse of a coin even though the PUP is contained within a small area. IMO, mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff
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