DD Or MD '74d Half

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Machine doubling:-) I hope that helps:-)

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I thought so, as I haven't heard anything about a DDRev on a '74 d half. :-) Thanks.

PS. I guess its time to break out the '21 Morgans and go to VAMworld. This is fun!

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I'm glad you brought the subject up. I have not been able to find a pic of a 74 DD half. My question is, with the naked eye, what would you look for in "TRUST" to make you stop and grab your loupe? Would it be somewhat fatter "RUS" letters?

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I run all 74 D's under my magnifying glass because I dont want to miss it, and it takes about the same ammount of time. I haven't seen one in hand yet, so I just make sure.

Morgan;
Check out this thread; there are very good photos there (courtesy of of-grampa, who's found five of them!http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...6691#210402)

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Completely off topic.....MorganNoob.... I'm thinking about getting the QX5, one because of price.
1. Do you have to supply your own lighting?
2. Do you like it so far?
3. Do you have resize the photos much or so to get what you want?
Thanks, Eric

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Before I answer I will say this. 1. I have only used it on Morgans and Kennedy half dollars so far. 2. I was expecting to really have to work on the pics before I could post them.

That being said, all the above pics, and the ones in my '21 Morgan thread were taken with the onboard lighting system, and no 'post-pic' modification to the lighting.

I think for less then $100 it is pretty sweet, even without the pics, it beats squinting into a glass, tilting yourhead from side to side trying to get the right light etc. I think that I will use it often for just looking for errors/VAMs instead of a glass.

The only thing that I had to do to the photos was open them in photoshop and save them as a lower (but unnoticeable) level of detail so that they would post. Smaller file size.

The only couple complaints are that the onboard lighting does produce a bit of a glare on a really shiny coin, and you have to turn your coin around and around until you get the right light on the area you are looking at. (you can see the glare in the photos) Though this might be easy to adjust, I haven't had time to try anything. Also, the tray/focusing isn't top notch, slightly wobbely and a little course. The only other thing that would be nice is if the cameras had a slightly larger depth of focus (or F-stop).

All in all I decided that for the price I would take a chance, and I am satisfied. It sure beats no macro pics at all, and I am pretty sure that I am going to get my $100 out of it.

Hi deadmunny

I agree with MorganNoob...run all of your 74Ds under magnification. When I am searching a box I set all the 74Ds aside to looked at at the completion of the box. It's real easy to just grab the loupe and start checking the "TRUST" for doubling.....and so far I've found 5

Oh, thanks for the compliments on the photos coppernickeldaddy