I went to my local coin dealer to have some coins examined, in order to receive an opinion as to whether he thought any of my finds were worth having graded, but on top of receiving a flat "no", the realisation that the local professional is only educated enough to refer to the MS65 1972 DDO FS.101 specimen in his possession as a "double stamp" coin; a monicker that is so commonly used incorrectly, in a hideous fashion amongst what i call "first day amateur numismatists", but also with this being the standard for doubled die varieties in his mind he refuted that my 1971 S Lincoln Cent specimen was not a doubled die whatsoever. To be honest I'm not sure what I have here because the doubling on IGWT is not what it should be for the variety in which it appears to be. You tell me; is this an unremarkable 1971 S specimen or a doubled die?
Here is a grayscale image of Liberty as the color image does not appear to show the split serifs in as well defined a manner
I see nothing in your pictures that lead me to believe that your coin is a doubled die. It certainly doesn't look like FS-103. http://varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/1971SDDO004.htm
I am not seeing it either, I see a BS coin and not a proof.The photos need to be taken from strait above, and the airtite definitely doesn't help.
I agree with the above. There is some die deterioration doubling effect on liberty, but I see no true die doubling. Jim
