Got my head spinning trying to figure out if. these fit the bill.the 84 D looks like iit also has Doubling in front of the Ear. An earlobe in Front of hiis ear on cheek bone The 90 looks like Doubling on the upper part of ear.. Also Oversized button in front of ear.The ealobe is doubled at bottom then iit kind od moseys off down to the cheeek. The 94 D just looks doubled doubled inside at topc ombinig at the Lobe. And the piece inside luppe earr ear.
The tip of the '84 LMC is probably MD; pretty common for that year for whatever reason. May have to do with the minting procedure then. I'm not sure. But I saw it a lot during CRH events.
Morris..."or some could look a little deeper"? Is that a knock on Chris comment? You can look deeper all day and it wont change the coin and how doubled dies come to be. those are zincolns and you can get all sorts of "cauliflower" anywhere on the coin. Doubled ear will look like 2 of the same exact shapes. Even if the second shape is only a very small portion of the first, it will be the same shape.. Thats the way a doubled die comes into existence. If its 2 different shapes (unless PMD or some other action) it cannot be a "doubled die". I might be thinking wrong but you cant get circles from a square kind of thing. I like using the play dough example because its easy to visualize. Press a Lincoln into playdough so that when you carefully remove it, you can see a perfect impression of lincolns ear. Now press the penny into the dough again 1 degree off from the first in any direction. If you look at the playdough now, you will see 2 of the same exact impressions (partial or full) of the ear....you wont see a big random blob above the ear and if you do, its not from the die being doubled. Think about the letters....this is why the experts always look for "split serifs" as a first clue. Theres 2 impressions in the die used to make the coin. 2 of the SAME impressions. and remember, doubled die is not a planchet thats struck twice. The actually die thats making the coin is where the mistake is,,,,,which is why you can look on variety vista and doubled die and see other "pieces of metal" that are the same (down to the cracks and chips) as the coin you are holding. Gotta try to wrap your head around how they are created and once you do that, it becomes more clear what is and isnt a doubled die.
Appreciate the words and yes it was a sarcasric reaction to Chris. I ve been tryiing to learn a new hobby now for about a year. 30 hrs on the road and a Quick reaction to rudeness wasnt particularly a Good reaction a d I apologi ze to forum. Microscope /camera is coming soon to help..
Actually your microscope will make things worse for you. You only need a loupe. be prepared to see all sorts of things that aren’t there with a microscope. also, if you need a microscope to see something on a coin, is it really anything but microscopic flaws in the metal? Goes back to a point I’ve made numerous times, business strike coins are made for circulation, the mint is not striving for perfection.
Hoping the lowpower wjill hep distinguish the fine seperation in lettering between MD or PMD and the real McCoy. . I use an 8 power zoom on phone to look and pictures leave much to be desired. Camera in scope or Loupe will fix that
