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Edited by PeasantKing
09/05/2021 10:36 am
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About 100 examples of this die are theorized to have survived, and they struck something like a billion 1969-S Lincoln cents, so your odds of any random handful of coins containing one are about as good as winning back to back powerballs. I suggest learning what the die actually looks like, because if you know how the doubling presents, you likely won't need us to confirm it. It's extremely major (hence the tens of thousands of dollar price tag).
Edited by SamCoin
09/05/2021 01:09 am
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First,  To state the obvious, none of the Phili or Denver minted coins you have pictured can be the 1969-S DDO. The San Fran examples you show are not the DDO's. I'd recommend taking a look at an image of one and comparing, the doubling is quite extreme and very noticeable, even without magnification. Edit: SamCoin beat me to it.  Edited by Ty2020b
09/05/2021 01:13 am
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i picked these out of hundreds of 1969 coins over 2 years. i have upclose magnification of the die marker that runs through parts of liberty. Die marker from the Red Book and copper coins.com. One has a micro S and s on the rim Looks like there is no MM. I wouldnt take the time to post random 69 coins. iv been looking at these for months. |
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I'm only seeing 2 different coins with an S mintmark. One has no mintmark and the other has a D. Here is an image of the 69-S DDO for reference.  |
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the coin your saying is philly, I beleive has micro S and it has the same die marker as it shows in the RedBook. ill post some pics I took with the microscope soon. |
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i'll load more pics of the die markers and close up microscope pics shortly. I do thank everyone for the feedback and for looking. even if these are not the real deal.
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 To my knowledge, the only MM style for 69 was the MMS-008. I've never heard of a micro S. That said, I'm not a LMC expert. |
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you are correct it would be a discovery possibly. unless it is infact just a philly. although it has the die marker through liberty and under the scope you can see a faded normal size S MM and 2 micro S MM one is on the rim beside the last 9. it has very similiar doubling to the known version and the die marker. I am no
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thats prolly true but the die marker is there in liberty. micro s on the rim close to the last 9.
also with magnification you can see a normal S MM but it is faded or polished to much so its not visable.
I think this is why they hit it with a micro MM. these things would be rare and very hard to identify if
what I believe is true. I'm no expert but I do thank you for looking and commenting.
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. Please use a different method of taking coin photos. The better the photos you post, the better we can help you. John1  |
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Any die marker you feel you see is meaningless when it is obviously not from the same die. Even if you are correct about the "micro S", then it would be from a different die. Forget any minor die markers in the case of this coin, just look for the doubling, no way to miss it on this one.
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to the CCF! Not seeing anything from you're pics. What devises are you seeing two of? |
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@peasantking die markers only matter if there's doubling. Doubling on this variety should be naked eye visible. None of these are the DDO. No idea what you mean by a "micro S" on the Pilly, but that is not a thing. You also seem to have posted a Denver, which is also obviously not a 1969-S anything, let alone the DDO. Edited by SamCoin
09/05/2021 08:26 am
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As others have said. Doubling is first and then the markers, not the other way around.
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Look at the pictures posted by Ty2020b, if it doesn't look exactly like that, it isn't it.
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