I am using to diffused white led's and an indirect fluorescent pointed at a white board. This nickel is extremely dark in hand. more light,...
So, I got a few better pics, that show the details of the coin I think. I have not shot many of this style slab. In fact I only have one other....
I here ya, the luster on this coin is quite hard to capture, when trying to do so last night, I lost all the toning. I am gonna try again, once...
If that pic was the only one, I would agree with you but the other four, along with this one should eliminate any backlash to the op, he is trying...
This has been on my brow, for a while now. If I need better pics I can post them in the morning. Been a productive week, I, treated myself to an...
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I was hoping that he would have posted better pics. I think I pulled that dime out of a bag from a pawn shop. The funny thing is I couldn't tell...
Nice bicentennial!
Though this coin could have both attributes. DDO and DDD which is shown in the last picture provided:rolleyes: Most of the date says that it has...
If you did look at the Pics @Ordinary Fool. You would have seen that the MM has extra material in the center, there is no need for a better...
And I should have said learning the distinction between the Rpm and DDD is difficult. there is many more die deteriorated mm than there are RPMs.
The life of a die has everything to do with die deterioration/doubling. there is a period after RPM and it says die wear you should read my quote...
Nickels are pretty tough to find Rpms. Because of the type of metal, the dies didn't last very long. most of what you are gonna find is die wear.
looks like DDD to me.
Sorry, but your coin., is just showing some evidence that it is copper plated zinc.
Could you take some better pics of the area in question? Crop out the extra back ground? This looks like a cud and struck through. It looks like...
That's an easy 68.
That's Perty!
That is ONE Hundred percent Die wear. It looks like the end of an early die state.
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