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The good news is today that not only did I confirm that I had a 71S DDO and a 72S DDO, but that the 72 was also a doubled die reverse. In addition to that, the 71S PCGS coin that I have was also a DDO but not attributed as such.... probably because whoever sent them in never paid to have it attributed.
The only negative thing is that both coins have these tiny nicks all over the coin. I was concerned by that. The people who looked at the coins thought I may have cleaned them or who ever I bought them from had cleaned them..... but I cracked them out of a brown IKE box and they went straight into my album. Fortuantely, there were no scratches from the plastic slide that so often leaves marks as it slides across the face of the coin. I wish I knew how these marks showed up on the coin.
How do these marks affect the overall grade of the coin? The one nice thing is that everyone commented on what a nice deep cameo look these IKEs had. IKEs head was very nicely frosted on both coins.... but the reverses not so much.
Anyway, this is what makes this hobby so fun. I had a load of fun searching for these and identifying them.
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"These are the times that try men's' souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Thomas Paine, Intro to the The Crisis, December 19, 1776 | 
