Yep. There's an 1857 FE with it in another active thread here, too. Longacre Doubling should surround the whole letter; this has the classic MD appearance and despite Longacre that's almost certainly what it is.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's my "1000 word" explanation of Longacre doubling.....
Thanks, I was not familiar with longacre doubling. But that sure does help me with my 1863 Indian head that shows that type of doubling. I had not been able to attribute the doubling on the 1863, but now know what to look at. That coin is mint state too.
Thank You. It is a beautiful coin. I'll try for better pictures later. I was having a hard time capturing both color and detail in one picture
That is a beautiful coin! Do you mind if I ask if you used one or two lights? My guess is that you used one?
That is what I thought, it would explain the light in the center of the coin instead of lighting up all of the coin. I am not a photographer, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night... Okay, I did buy a coin photography DVD produced by a man who is very good at coin photography John B. and he gave a recommendation for two lights making a kind of Y with the coin being the leg of the Y and the lights being the tops. He also said to make sure to always be parallel to the coin with the camera. I try to take photos in the evening and turn of all other lights to avoid light pollution. When I'm really taking my time, I take the two lights and the coin and move the lights and snap another photo until I get the best view of the coin as I would see it in hand as possible. It usually takes about 5-10 minutes once I get my setup down, but it really helped with my coins. I don't always take nice photos, but I have had some real luck.
That's an excellent start on it, but there are easy refinements to those techniques which would probably greatly reduce your workload. I wish this place had a Photography forum.