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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Just curious if this D looks weird to anyone else. Should I try somehow to clean around it to get and idea of it's true shape? If so how?    thanks malissa |
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Valued Member
United States
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Ok photo ninja.. How do you do that?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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how did I do what? load a big picture or take a close up? for loading I use photobucket which lets you load photos of any size. to get a close up I chose the macro (close up) setting on my digital camera and held a magnifying glass over the lens.
photo ninja LOL!!
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Valued Member
United States
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Dang! That made my brain twitch. thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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you are welcome I think! Is a brain twitch a good thing?
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh the "D" I have no idea. I'm new to the coin thing, But I'm learning.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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well if you are interested in varieties on the cents. coppercoins.com is a pretty good site that you can search by year, mint or variety type.
Shows really good images to help you learn what you are looking for. Unfortunately, the varieties for the 1930 didnt come with many images so
I am not sure what I have.
malissa
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Valued Member
United States
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I have A 1935 DDR I think. & I am digging on that that digital camera and eye loop trick. thanks. should post new pics soon! |
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Normal mintmark malissa, just proudly showing its 78 years of character.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some coins have a heavy/deep mint stamp on them causing a crater around the mint mark. And that's where the dirt collects. Does it show anything on the reverse? Strike through?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that a bump right in front of the "O" of america?
Edited by coindexter
07/27/2008 11:33 am
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I agree with MorgansRmine,just a regular deep set mint mark, and I use an old SOFT tooth brush to clean up around the letters and mint mark, practice on coins that you know have no premium value.
John1
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United States
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I am also in agreement with the fact that it was a deep punch into the die. Normal wear causes the "dirt" to fill in around it. It is a very normal looking 1930 D cent.
Thanks,
Bill
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Posted 07/27/2008 01:26 am
