Looked at coppercoins and thought this one matched...input please. The upside-down "Y" in the 2nd bay is present. Die scratches present both obverse/reverse. Only difference is there is a die crack going from the top left memorial to the rim along the T.
Tough to tell with the color/glare...I'm not immediately detecting any doubling... Keep in mind that there were a lot of clashes and a lot of abraded dies for 1983, so it may be a case of very similar markers but not the doubled die.
Yea....all I got is the cheap USB microscope and for it takes "red" colored pics. I try different lighting and such but haven't found the right combo yet. Hopefully I'll be able to get a real microscope before long...then watch out world of coins. I hope I'm not bothering y'all too much....I try to deduce these things myself...but when I just can't decide to throw it back in the box or not....here we are. I'll just hang onto it for a while and look at it again another day.
That's what I do when I come across a "maybe" coin, especially if I've been searching late at night...toss it in the "maybe" pile and look at it the next day.
The maybe pile. Now there is the bugger. The structural engineer hired by my architect about why the marble floors are cracking was muttering something about the maybe pile. Coin -cidence?
What kind of usb microscope, I have had a couple(one is in 10000000 pieces), most need the light diffused some.
I got this one off Amazon. It's better than just a loupe but the pics stink. I've tried diffusing the light with no success. http://www.amazon.com/Aven-26700-30...376892264&sr=8-1&keywords=aven+usb+microscope
Right now I am using this one http://www.amazon.com/Celestron-Del...e=UTF8&qid=1376893552&sr=8-1&keywords=44302-A Got it at frys as an open box item a while back. I pulled the lower ring off, put some tissue in its place and mounted it to a little routing fixture, lol. It works out decently. I have been meaning to get a macro lens for my Nikon, but that is somewhere between now and the next decade, lol.
From what I have seen, USB microscopes tend to have lots of issues regarding glare (usually from LED lights). I managed to get my hands on a normal scope, and can get pretty decent photos with that. If you plan on just plain searching, a USB scope usually gets the job done, but if you plan on photographing your varieties clearly (and possibly selling them), then consider investing in a higher-end scope. It'll let you get photos like this... http://s.ecrater.com/stores/270522/50491b2e463f6_270522b.jpg
I agree, the usb microscope does lack detail. But what do you expect for $50. In photography for the most part you really do get what you pay for, lol.
