OK.. Finally no MD. Couldn't find it on coppercoin and it has the distinctive line. But as always let me know what everyone thinks. Mark
Not that You can take my knowledge to the bank, but that looks like MD to me, It still looks like "shelf" doubling.
That part of the hobby! It takes time and looking at a lot of coins but you will get better at pick out what is MD and what is not with time. Believe me I know! These two might help you pick out true doubling.
Fish, you might check out this forum, especially the variety subforum. Lots to look and learn all in one place. http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/ and here also of course The first few hundred are the hardest ! Jim
Yeah I had checked it out and didn't see it listed there, that was part of the reason I got kinda excited. Oh well, add another brick to the closet. Break another one out in the morning.
Many 1992 Lincoln's look like this Many 1992 Lincoln's look like this but don't get discouraged. You will find one soon and it will make your day. Concerning Lincoln's -Try studying the years where there is known doubled dies like 1964-P DDR-001 and buy some rolls of that date. Or make a list of years where many different doubled die are found such as, 1970, 71, 72, 1968, 62, 63, 60 and 59 - study those that are known and look in those rolls, mint sets or singles as you can and remember, "when you know you know" and no one can ever take that away from you. Looking at 1992 Lincoln's is fine if you are looking for the close AM or the doubled eyelid but with many other dates that are known to contain many doublED dies you will increase your chances dramatically. Also you must get a Cheery Pickers Guild to learn the different classes of doubled dies and how to tell true doublED dies from other forms of doubling - it's a must. Also look for my thread soon on learning doublED dies for the new commer as it seems to be much in need.
I agree with what everyone said. And about the RPM thing, in 1990 the mint stopped hand-punching the mintmarks on dies. The last year you can find RPM's is 1989.
As always, I want to thank you all for your insightfull help. And destroying me at the same time:crying::smile Just kidding. This forum has been so informative and helped me alot. I think I'm about done looking for errors unless it jumps out obviously at me.
If you do that you will not gain the sharp eye that will allow you to spot the less obvious errors and varieties. Remember when you were young how many times the bat missed the curve ball! Practice makes the All-Star!. Jim
Yeah, those ZN strikes, especially from the '90s, look like that a lot. Another "tell" it's MD can be had by comparing to Andy's closeup photo of the date on the '69-S. Do you notice how the shift, there, is mostly N and S? Your shift is primarily W and E. That's just another telltale sign.
And excuse me if you know this already but the early doubled dies would not show doubling on the mint mark. only machine doubling would. Roughly said.
Fish, looking for Errors is not an ez thing to do. I look through about $200.00 of cents a week and I only adverage 5 keeper coins a week. That is 2.5% which is not a good ratio when you consider that I find only 1 RPM or 1 OMM out of 100 keepers. If you do the math (and if my is right) that is 1 RPM or 1 OMM for every $4,000.00 of cents I look at. I know that is a lot and it almost makes me want to stop, but when you find that one coin be it a RPM, MMO, Broadstrike, Die Clash, Die Break, Wide AM, Struck Through or what ever Varieties you find it make it all worth it. Just keep looking and you will find them!
