Possible rpd or i may still be a amatuer at rpds? 1858 flying indian head

Sorry about the deformation of the picture. It got really messed up in paint. Anyways is this an RPD? Notice the bottom of the 1 and two 8s. All help appreciated thanks.

 

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You need to re shoot the coin both sides and close up of the date. If you expect the correct replies to your questions .
Ok?

 

Don't use Paint to crop the photos.

 

I cant shoot more pics

 

I'm pretty sure it's on eBay.

 

It doesn't look like an RPD to me. All I see is crud under the digits.

Chris

 

I don't see any RPD on it, just some crud

 

OK. Thanks everyone for the help.

 

I think we'll need a big enlargement in the date area to see an RPD...

 

does that help?

 

Same photo = same data, just enlarged. If you can get closer/higher resolution...that could help. It's sorta important when there's a lot of crud around the date area.

 

you can zoom in on the newest pic.

 

If you zoom in on the newest pic you should be able to see what I see.It looks like there is something below most of the digits is it rpd?

 

Shiny, it does not help to zoom in to a bunch of blurry pixels. Resolution decreases as you zoom.

 

Well what can I do?

 

loupe and a phone camera can do wonders with the real thing..

 

Quit trying to cherrypick with inadequate photos...unless you study up enough to know the varieties by the key markers. I suggest paying close attention to Kurt's threads. He's already been teaching how to do it with IHCs.

 

Yeah...it's tough to cherrypick anything, unless you already have an idea what you're looking for. So rather than scan coins for odd marks that could easily be random damage--it's far better practice to get a book on varieties and memorize the markers of coins you want to find. For example, when I cherrypicked this 1894 MPD...I was looking for a specific variety, and I researched until I found confirming evidence it was in fact the variety I wanted.

Hopeful variety collectors get tripped up when they suppose they can find completely new, never before seen repunched dates, doubled dies, overdates, etc. Such discoveries happen a lot less than collectors suppose--maybe 0.1% of real cherrypicks. And the only way to know you have a discovery coin is to know the markers on the varieties already documented. --just some of my conclusions from cherrypicking varieties.