Well, before I work on the rest of the shots (maybe I won't have to), do these letters look Doubled? Lincoln Cent 1980 something-my neck is killing, maybe you guys can save me more pain or If you think yes, I will be happy to be in more pain. Also be more specific for you. LOL ty all!!!!
machine double,die deterioration.........the last pick it is a bit tricky unless someone says otherwise it still looks machine double to me.sorry its just my opinion ....
@Jim M will know . Interesting as I've never seen one with a groove in the middle . Die deterioration doubling is where I'm leaning , but I'm still trying to learn this stuff .
It appears to be taken with a USB microscope, and most of those ( less than 5 mp) enlarge the image by software adding pixels it creates, and this most often causes the is "it/or isn't it something real or extrapolated". I believe it is MD, even though it doesn't appear really flat at the intersections. Reducing the magnification might help.
Thanks guys! It is a USB, but a 5 mp with light adjustmentadjustment (New) This cent looks great a beautiful Red and with an eye loupe looked real interesting.
I could try and see if my old scope does the same but that will be a while need some pain meds! I will let you know, might be late tonight though.
From 1980 to 1982 is what I call the " Mushy " years for the Memorial Cent . Very bad years for striking theses coins ..
LOL your right and I remember you saying this before. Anyway, I did take a few shots with the old scope and looked closely some look the same as the shots before, some look like die deterioration. While the date looks more dramatic . Here is two shots with different lighting. I think that mushy-ness makes it a bit more difficult for the older scope to focus more clearly.
Thats one loose A?? Die, t That's one loose A?? die, the die properly bit the operator of the press, it was shaking so bad .. Lol ...
Briboy, it doesn't have to be flat and shelf-like. That's a Wikipedia understanding of strike-doubling. It depends on how the die hit it. It could have slid in. It could have hopped, skipped, jumped, or all three. I'm not trying to be cute. From what I'm seeing, your photography is playing some tricks. Look at the O and D in your top picture. They didn't make little Os and little Ds to go inside of big Os and big Ds, but that's what your picture is showing. That didn't come from the die. That coin had trouble centering in the collar, too. See the opposite side from that O and D. It was off-alignment. The die wasn't in the best shape, either. It doesn't look to have been worked over, much, at least, not to me. Ah, deteriorated die, off-alignment, who knows? Except it's not from the die. My opinion, anyway.
