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JFK Half 64 Double Mint Mark

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 Posted 10/12/2019  6:29 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jonnin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Found another interesting coin in my collection.


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 Posted 10/12/2019  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow! A beautiful example. Congratulations.
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 Posted 10/12/2019  7:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice clear example of a RPM. I think that it is listed here on varietyvista, but you should check for the confirmatory die cracks:

http://www.varietyvista.com/12%20Ke...4DRPM002.htm
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 Posted 10/12/2019  8:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jonnin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
that is a nice resource; I didn't realize this coin had been studied that deeply.

I have no evidence of the die crack. As best as I understand the site and page, that means stage A.


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 Posted 10/12/2019  11:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
We do enjoy seeing photos of the entire coin, front and back
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 Posted 10/13/2019  12:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jonnin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The cheap microscope cam lacks the field of view to get anything bigger than a small cent.
I scanned it, that does OK but the lighting is what it is.
The I of IGWT is flat. There are a few other little nicks and scratches. All in all though its in pretty good shape for what it probably is (most likely a pulled from change early in life coin).

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 Posted 10/13/2019  10:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yea, nice looking coin and good rpm find..thanks for the additional photos..
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Great find!
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What might help for lighting your image is to get the light source a bit more over coin. With the light reflecting off the edge of the bust, it tells me the light is too low.
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You might need a light source that might bring the light more in where you need it?
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I use this type of light on my scopes in the past:
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 Posted 10/14/2019  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jonnin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for that!
ATM I have a document scanner (the full coin shots) which has no control, it does what it does. Its not ideal. And I have a microscope with a light at the lens that provides bright straight on light or I can turn that off and wave a bright LED flashlight at it until I am happy with it (practice makes perfect here). I don't have a true camera or camera phone etc. One thing at a time, the microscope is new, and next I will get something set up for normal images. I wanted a way to get the details out for now. I am not a big spender on the hobby.

I can do image enhancement algorithms but I have not done that in a few years, need to see if I can find my old code and not sure if I even need it.
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