Steel Cents have a lot of oddities that look like DDOs, RPMs, etc but they are usually the results of die wear, polishing, etc.
That's just eBay not wanting to show you an auction that has ended.
The die crack is actually a die break, and even more interesting it's a Retained Cud. It is listed in Cuds on Coins as: RCD-1c-1943S-25 Check it...
I posted a while back about a new coin photo system I have been building, and have sold several systems since then (thank you Coin Talk!) . Each...
This is lots of good info, but is still not an answer. Let me state the question once again: Does die wear increase the likelihood of MD...
Yes, yes, but an earlier post stated that "die wear" would cause MD. I asked how, but neither the poster nor anyone else so far can tell me how...
Sorry but that doesn't help at all. The article explains what the errors look like, and that they are caused by die bouncing, but nowhere in that...
Getting back to the OP's question: - Indirect sunlight can give some nice looking images, but it's hard to reproduce, so you won't get the same...
The camera that I recommend to folks is the Canon Rebel XS. It's "only" 10.2MP but can produce world-class images. Lighting, Focus, and Framing...
Ahh, that's what you meant. I was thinking you were suggesting that die wear could cause the coin to appear as if it had MD. I'm not sure about...
Can you please explain how die wear could cause this?
It's a cruel irony that 1969-S seems to have a larger than normal population of MD than other dates, or maybe it's just that every single MD coin...
Sounds like you took the wrong approach. Going out and spending a couple thousand dollars on equipment before you have the skills to use it is...
Thanks DBDc80. I am very fond of shellcase Cents, and 46-S have some of the best out there.
Early in my coin photography efforts (after years of practice) I took my system to coin club meetings and shot member coins for free. I expected...
I've done photography for a very select clientele, where most of my work has been in doing detail shots, or specialized efforts for publication....
I advertised the first of my new style of coin photo systems here a little over a month ago, and since then have sold 4 of them! I did not...
For use at home, I recommend an enlarger lens rather than a loupe. They are far better corrected than ANY loupe and are cheaper for better quality.
Also "Prison Cent".
Very nice two-sided unabraded die clash. If you are interested, I would like to shoot it in high res and do an animated overlay, like the 2014...
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