1988D DO?

[Steven]

I found this today and saw that the numbers in the date seem larger that normal but without any separation. I checked the listing here for the DO and on CONECA and couldn't find one like this. It also shows notches on the S/E of E of WE and looks like on most of TRUST. Is this maybe a variety not found before or am I just seeing things that maybe are not there.

Thanks
Steven

[Bob P]

I don't see anything that necessarily looks like a doubled die, but there is some precident for coins like this. It could be a class 6 which does not normally show any separation lines.

[coppercoins]

But a class 6 would show marked extra thickness, which I don't see. I don't think this one is a doubled die, but like with most of them, it would take hands-on examination to tell anything for sure.

[Steven]

Thanks,
I guess I'll hang onto it for a while until I can get it looked at. I just didn't look normal to me especially with the notches in the motto.

Steven

[coop]

Steven: It may a doubled die if it has notches in a different location. Not all doubled dies have the same spread over the whole surface of the coin. Doubling could be just in one area or the whole coin. Show us some images of what you are seeing on motto. That would help.

[coppercoins]

You'll also need to try to adjust your lighting to position it more directly over the coin so the sides of the devices aren't lit. If in your pictures the sides of the letters are the brightest part of the image, your light is not positioned where it needs to be. I know that lighting position can be a difficult issue much of the time, but it is the single most important part to being able to show doubling on devices on a coin.

If it helps, sit the coin on a small ramp made with a hand-bent curved piece of chipboard (like 2x2 material) and aim the coin into the light so the light falls directly onto the field of the coin and bounces into the lens of the camera.

75% of the time when I say on the forum that I can't see anything on the coin, it's not the coin's fault, it's the lighting. You could have a coin with doubling, but it is not evident in your image because of the lighting.

[coppercoins]

regarding lighting...see this:

http://www.coppercoins.com/photo_lighting.php

[Steven]

Thanks for all the help. I've been trying to get the lighting right. I've taken about a hundered shots of this coin and just can't seem to get what I see on there. If I ever do I'll post them. I will try the suggestions given.

Thanks,
Steven