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<p>[QUOTE="jcuve, post: 707902, member: 13945"]<b>Markers:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Markers:</b></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">Some of the markers I can note are:</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>DDO-001</b></font><font face="Arial">: Has multiple, primarily vertical die scratches that run through LIBERTY, around the portrait – then switching to a NW-SE direction on the east side of the portrait that run down through the date (Coppercoins has good pictures of this). This variety is often reported to have an obverse MAD (this includes both of my MDS examples).</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>DDO-002</b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">: This variety has very few markers outside of the pattern of doubling. Wexler notes (K. Flynn & J. Wexler, The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents, 1996) that there is a small horizontal die crack just below the VDB (found on my example). Coppercoins lists several die scratches (not found on my example). </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>DDO-003</b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">: Another variety with few markers. Wexler notes that there is a crack from behind the ear, through the hair, ending below the E of WE (just observable on my example). This variety is not currently illustrated on Coppercoins. </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>DDO-004</b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">: While the doubling is hard to detect without proper magnification and a valid method of examination, there are several markers. Wexler notes the presence of (and seen in my pictures) of diagonal die scratches east of the eye. Wexler also notes a diagonal scratch above the Y in LIBERTY. Coppercoins (currently listed as 1DO-003) notes numerous E-W die scratches throughout the reverse.</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">A comparative grouping of the four DDOs: </font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><img src="http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/jcuve/1971_DDO-1-4_a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jcuve, post: 707902, member: 13945"][b]Markers:[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Markers:[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Some of the markers I can note are:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][B]DDO-001[/B][/FONT][FONT=Arial]: Has multiple, primarily vertical die scratches that run through LIBERTY, around the portrait – then switching to a NW-SE direction on the east side of the portrait that run down through the date (Coppercoins has good pictures of this). This variety is often reported to have an obverse MAD (this includes both of my MDS examples).[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]DDO-002[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]: This variety has very few markers outside of the pattern of doubling. Wexler notes (K. Flynn & J. Wexler, The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents, 1996) that there is a small horizontal die crack just below the VDB (found on my example). Coppercoins lists several die scratches (not found on my example). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]DDO-003[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]: Another variety with few markers. Wexler notes that there is a crack from behind the ear, through the hair, ending below the E of WE (just observable on my example). This variety is not currently illustrated on Coppercoins. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]DDO-004[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]: While the doubling is hard to detect without proper magnification and a valid method of examination, there are several markers. Wexler notes the presence of (and seen in my pictures) of diagonal die scratches east of the eye. Wexler also notes a diagonal scratch above the Y in LIBERTY. Coppercoins (currently listed as 1DO-003) notes numerous E-W die scratches throughout the reverse.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]A comparative grouping of the four DDOs: [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][IMG]http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/jcuve/1971_DDO-1-4_a.jpg[/IMG][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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