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1983-D Lincoln DDR ? - New Pic

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 Posted 03/16/2008  5:11 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add coffeegod to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Please, before you dismiss this as an MD, look very close. This looks like a DDR, there's the same type of doubling all over the Reverse.
I'll post better pics when I can get them.
Thanks, Eric

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 Posted 03/16/2008  5:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim1953 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry, java, the pics are too tough for my old eyes. I am not sure I see anything.

Jim
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 Posted 03/16/2008  5:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
In the photos I see nothing that makes me believe this is a doubled die. Having said that, the photos have a lot to be desired with regard to lighting, focus, and the fact that the photos, for the better part, were not taken level to the coin. This distorts the focal field and brings most of the image out of focus.

So...there's still some hope, however I do not see it in the photos. All Lincoln cents appear to have some distortion and thickness in the reverse letters from that era - roughly 1982-1987. Although you did not announce the date of the coin, I can tell it's from this era with what little is provided, and figure the coin is either a 1982, 1983 or 1984.

I don't mean to be hard on you regarding the photos or the coin - it's just that with what was given, it's really impossible for anyone to tell you much one way or the other. If you believe this is indeed a doubled die, send the coin in to an attributor or find a way to get proper photos of it and we can readdress the issue.
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 Posted 03/16/2008  5:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry, I totally skipped the date in the title of the thread. At least I was right in guessing the approximate date of the coin :)
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 Posted 03/17/2008  3:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amac44 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Most 1983 DDR I have seen doubling on letter of One Cent.
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 Posted 03/19/2008  3:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add foundinrolls to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are several different DDR varieties in the 1983 / 1983 D grouping of Lincolns. They don't all have prominent doubling of the letters around the perimeter of the coin.

The one that indicates to me that this is Machine Doubling (2b.jpg), although as coppercoins suggests, the pictures can be a little better...is the coin that shows the pushing up of metal at the bottom of the letters. The metal is moved in a way that makes the letters thinner in appearance with the Machine Doubling at the bottom of each letter.

If a better picture shows up, that may change but from what can be seen, this is Machine Doubling.

Thanks,
Bill
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03/19/2008 3:09 pm
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 Posted 03/20/2008  1:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add livingdinasaur to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Eric, the photos don't lend themselves to accurate conclusions, but.... I agree with Bill, (FIR), from the point of view that the letters show a slight bit of "push", if you will,m upwards, om the bottomes of the letters like the "N":, and "M". I concur with Chuck. Look for "CLARITY" in your photos. It is the answer to all questions.
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