@Mountain Man …so, if you read the info at Wexler provided by @Danomite you will see this coin is found once for every 482 that were struck,...
I always weigh this date…I believe 15 or so have been found on copper planchets.
Surface tells me this is Cu-Zi…weight should be 2.5g…and if that is a plating blister, for sure a Zincoln. Good strike and condition otherwise…a...
I was thinking that too. I agree with PMD, @MPau …what does it weigh?
After a second, closer look I agree. This has the deterioration look rather than the MD shift look…Spark
Strike doubling…both the date and mm have the same shift.
This is an update to my post of 27Dec21, when I broke into a new jar of old cents. The last date in the jar was a single cent from 1991, and...
Yes, you are so right…I should have been specific…Rick’s coin has the doubled stars…none seen on the OP coin, just the things I mentioned in post #5.
@SmokinJoe …The Mint does not make special dies to add extra letters. The first thing you should have thought was this was a corroded Zincoln and...
…doubling of the stars…
I’ll fourth it…scratch.
…OR…it could be some other die flaw, incused or raised…a die gouge or die dent?
I presume that your digital microscope does not interface with a computer. Better to post a regular pic, not one off a led screen or monitor....
MD on HALF, no doubling seen on DOLLAR. Some die deterioration on UNITED/USA, at the tops near the rim. All told, the wear on this 40% silver...
My 2 cents: the lettering needs to be upright in a slabbed coin, so you can read it as it is intended.
On the whole you have good pictures for a inexpensive scope, you’ll have to experiment on lighting, but two low power (25-40 watt) is plenty...
@Michael Barber …no pics…unless you are talking about post #29.
@Kristine Garrant …Well, I have to say you are experiencing what most collectors go through. We ask questions and then sort through the...
Bad picture, that’s why I asked for a better one. And, apparently one is not forthcoming. I agree it is MD, no further comment on the extra...
@Kristine Garrant …I use Wexler and VV to confirm suspected doubling, incorporating co-responding die markers. If wear or damage obscures die...
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