Wexler's site doubleddie.com has excellent info on the different types of doubled dies and how they were careated.
So the extra metal that looks like a 4th leaf sticking out behind the middle leaf should not be there? This is what I mean by learning to know...
I don't really see anything, but I'm not a Roosie guy so am not sure. Can someone more familiar with Roosie varieties confirm if there is...
No, they are not considered errors. Generally if the mistake is in the die, it is considered a die variety. This is true for things like RPMs,...
Here's a new discovery piece...1994-P BIE (actually it's an IIBIE) [IMG]
Separating the true errors and varieties from the PMD and fakes is the most important skill you will learn.
The first rule of Error and Variety searching is to look at the coins first, then look at the references to attribute your interesting finds. I...
Sorry, I'm a Wheat only guy, but I do like the coin.
I personally really, really like that coin. Roll edge toning that has crept onto the surfaces at the edges is really attractive IMO.
I too am very fond of the 56-D. So many varieties to look for! It's one of my favorite rolls to purchase because of this. It has the RPM#1,...
The key to getting pics like brg5658 shows (with inky black fields) is to have the lights high enough to illuminate the devices without edge...
Not a digital microscope but a Canon DSLR with bellows and microscope objective. Digital microscopes can't come anywhere close to this quality.
The term "BIE" is loosely applied to pretty much any anomaly occurring around the letters of LIBERTY. So in this case the coin is a "multiple" die...
I just got a new BIE listing on COC site. It's a 1994 IIBIE, multiple chip type. Here are the pics I took that are now posted on the COC site:...
Axial lighting works well for raw coins but not so well for slabs due to the glare created from direct reflection from the slab surface. I would...
My first and only grading experience was with ANACS, and it was a group of 10 high grade LWC varieties. The coins came back with a smudge in the...
I highly recommend the "smile directors" I developed a few years ago, or similar concept, to light slabs, and raw coins as well. Before you make...
A little judicious post-processing of levels can go a long way as well: [IMG]
Agreed. Flat surfaces of features should be brighter than their edges. If the lights you're using are large, sometimes you can mask them so they...
The sharp quality of such a clash indicates that the coin was struck fairly soon after the clash occurred. Often the clash is caught when it...
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