I normally use axial, but just couldn't get this one to look right for some reason.
I'm the Texas Regional Rep., not a grader (though that would be my dream job for sure!)
I had to borrow a friend's DSLR and 100mm macro lens, but I finally got the toning to show up right on this Ike. I've spent a lot of time trying-...
I'm not surprised at all. Then again, I'm biased since I work for ANACS...
There are major doubled dies found on every year from 1969 to 1974 on at least one denomination. Someone at the mint wasn't very good at hubbing...
I see both as 45-50.
A dealer friend of mine asked me to help him verify attribution and pick candidates for grading from a hoard of 20+ rolls of early 70's doubled...
I've owned at least 2 of the several 38 D/S OMMs. I don't recall any of them where it was difficult to see the S under the D.
It's either die fatigue or the zinc plating being pushed up next to the numbers. You see this on the modern copper-plated Lincolns a lot.
I'm still working on a customer-friendly way of saying that :).
I get asked all the time about PCGS and increased value while working the ANACS table at shows, basically "why should I submit to ANACS when the...
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