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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;non_cents, post: 2850488, member: 30970&quot;]Yikes...dunno what happened between my post and now. I&#039;m certainly not the foremost expert on doubled dies by any standards but I have extensively collected and studied them, specifically those found on Lincoln cents. As has been said in previous posts...</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The 1970s Lincoln cents are known for thicker designs and extensive die deterioration. These are commonly mistaken for class 6 doubling (especially the 1974 Lincolns in which both small and large date design varieties exist).</p><p><br /></p><p>2) USB scopes, in particular their lighting, are notorious for giving the illusion of supposed notching/doubling. I have used multiple different USB scope brands and have noticed this issue to varying degrees on all of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think supposed &quot;notches&quot; are likely tricks of the light from the USB scope. I have seen many posts from Rick over the years in which I feel this is the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>With those things in mind, in my opinion the coin does not exhibit a doubled die. However I have been wrong many times and encourage the original poster to send it in to an authentication service (Wexler, coppercoins etc) if they truly feel they have something. Sometimes coins appear differently in-hand than they do in posted images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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