That's one of the 80 or so, DDRs ...
Here's a good article on the ATB . http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=17345
Very sorry to hear about your dad, Sallent . My father is still alive and is 81 years old . My mother passed, last Labor Day ... May God bless you...
MS-63 RPM-002
Here's a side view . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
All the black spots in that area, are caused from the strike-through . That's not grease .. Everything is recessed, too ....
Strike-through ................
Here's what a normal one looks like . [ATTACH] Here's the UFO base . [ATTACH]
The Aliens have built a base . [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It consist of class 4 and class 8 doubling ... Doesn't get better then that, on single squeeze ..
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OP, check them for varieties ...
1959-D 1¢ WDDR-003 Description: A close spread towards the center shows on the designer’s initials and the lower letters in ONE CENT. Die...
Looks like a large date to me ...
Yup, that's a small date ...
Type II Reverse - F-103 Rarity: R5 Obverse: Medium Level Date, Large Knob 6, Weak Head Reverse: Small Filled S [ATTACH][ATTACH]
All three of them, look like large dates . Here's what a small date looks like . [ATTACH][ATTACH]
OP, take an image of the date . Straight up, level & plumb . Just like this .. [ATTACH]
It's all in the date and mint mark . If it's a good one, mint mark should be doubled ... At least most of the ones ( DDO ) are for this year ...
I pretty much gave up on the shield series and found this one the other day ...
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