1950-D Franklin Half VV-Ddr-004 Wex-WDDR-003 Tutorial

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fredm2654 New Member United States 49 Posts	Posted 05/08/2023 8:07 pm 1,000 apologies for the full obv and rev images - I know I need to work on that. I dont think they relate to this post - I added them because I always see they're requested. Here'a a few novice questions. Note - in the upper left hand corner I put a V (variety vista) or W (Wexler) as references to my amateur observations. 1) General question - how do VarietyVista (V V) and Wexler (W) references correlate? I see VV had five DDR varieties and W had only two. Why does W show a dies scratch under UNUM while VV does not? See Q #2 - my coin seems to have properties from both the VV and W variety displays... 2) Please comment on my observations - I believe I have a VV DDR-004, which also looks like W WDDR-003. Also note (and comment?) VV had many pics of EPU, and while I see some similarities in the shape of the E, several of the other pics confuse me. What am I looking for, and does my EPU have them? 3) Is there a site that further assists with "If my observations are correct regarding a found variety, where can I find whether this warrants slabbing the coin?" I see PGGS (e.g.) has varieties 'RPM FS501' for the 1950-d half, does that imply any other variety has minimal impact on value? NOTE: For the 1950-D DDR VV had a few callouts on the obv side - so I've included those pics as well. Whew. TIA. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 05/09/2023 01:56 am I agree that you have a WDDR-003 which is also a Variety Vista DDR-004. Note that these both show submitted by Tony Russo. If you look closely, both sites are showing different images of the same coin. I have no idea why the two sources give them different designations. As far as EPU, "extra thickness" I've never found to be particularly useful, interesting, or valuable, despite a lot of them in other series being identified only by that. There are some tiny notches in the upper left of EPU letters evident in the VV images, particularly UNUM, which you could look for on your coin. Whether you see them or not matters little, because you have the die scratch from M to the bell and at the clapper. It has to be the same die pair. Neither NGC nor PCGS appear to designate these, which is not surprising. The excuse I got from NGC a couple years ago was that there has to be "collector interest", which is a chicken-egg problem. Contact ANACS and see if they'll designate it - I bet they would. It helps to include links to the resources you've already found, for others to assist. https://doubleddie.com/944355.html http://www.varietyvista.com/11%20Fr...0DDDR004.htm Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/09/2023 07:57 am fredm2654, Just a note: Your pics are very good,what are you using? Always best to remove coin from any holder whenever possible before taking pics. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
SamCoin Pillar of the Community United States 3237 Posts	Posted 05/09/2023 11:55 am Looks like a match! Nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
fredm2654 New Member United States 49 Posts	Posted 05/09/2023 3:52 pm John1 the partial images are done with a relatively cheap PC microscope program from XploView http://www.xploview.com/ I cant zoom out to see the whole coin, those photos are simply from a phone without the super fancy photo capabilities. You are correct, I did all photos while still in a 2x2.... Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 97231 Posts	Posted 05/09/2023 4:36 pm Well very nice DDR find. and ANACS should attribute it for you. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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