Alright guys, last one for the day I promise. Found this in the wheaties I was going through today, and it appears to match Wexler's description/pictures of the 1946 1c WDDR-005 to my eyes, based on the thickness of the lettering in EPU and what I think might be traces of doubling lines along the bottom of EPU. It's dirty and beat up, but I expected no different from a pile of circulated wheaties. Please let me know what you think! I ss'd Wexler's entry and included it at the bottom for quick reference.
I can try to get clearer pictures if you think it would help. I'm working with a 1.5 year old phone camera and a cheap jewelers loop lol but I'm sure I can try some lighting techniques to make it better.
Your pictures are pretty dang good. I work with an iphone6 so I don't think you have any issues there. Paging @Rick Stachowski this guy has the eye for the smaller doubled dies.
I appreciate the compliment! The craft of snapping good pictures has always come pretty naturally to me, so I took some classes in vocational school for video communications. Really comes in handy for stuff like this.
A lot of people do, close-ups/macros are rough if you don't have the right camera, even worse if the lighting isn't right. I still struggle with them to this day and I've been doing it for 11 years.
Drat I keep forgetting about variety vista. You're the man! Thank you. It definitely more closely resembles that. Almost perfectly. I thought at first the left wheat might have had some thick doubling as well but I'm more keen to think it is just wear now.
You do have something going on there but it's not conclusive without being able to ID the markers in Wexler's description. Danged if you do, danged if you don't. The wear hides what's needed to clinch it.
Danomite ID'd it from Variety Vista. http://varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/1946PDDR003.htm Matches it to a T
My opinion. MD and wear. I do not see the similarity between your coin and the Wexler photos. What about the left wheat ears and obverse die markers? Also, is that a large die chip between the "N" & "E" in the word one.
Nope, it appears to be the "Stage C" variety, there are a number of scratches in that area but I can't tell if they're wear and tear or die scratches.
Danomite found it, it is listed on Variety Vista as DDR-003. http://varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/1946PDDR003.htm I was on the right track, just on the wrong website lol I keep forgetting that Variety Vista is a thing.
And I'm not sure how to answer your questions, but let me take a better look at those areas and I'll do my best! Edit: I don't know if that is a die chip or not, I cannot tell. I had written it off as damage myself.
It's a DDR. One way to make a quick decision is to look at the dot between the E P U. It's elongated which happens when the die is doubled. After that, it's looking for the general characteristics associated with a variety and lining up the markers (when available). Fun find!
