1964 1c FS-801 Die 1

[MintErrors]

Some of you may be stumped as to what a Doubled Die may look like. Have a look at this E PLURIBUS UNUM on a 1964 Lincoln Cent FS-801.


It was extremely frustrating to photo this coin. I actually had to crack it out of the ANACS holder. Then I took three photographs and mended them together. YES, this is exactly as it looks under the microscope.

IF I have the time and patience to take photos of the rest of the coin, I will. No promises.

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[eaxtellcoin]

Very Nice Gary,
I looked for these in all the 1964-P rolls, I got stuck with, back in the early 2000's but didn't find One. I adjust my shutter speed on the try pod for my Nikon. That, for me, does a really nice job of lightening/darkening the field. The dots are nice and split also, with the distinct split serifs it looks like an earlier die state coin. Nice find if you found that one out of rolls from years ago. They are becoming very hard to locate un searched, without a high premium for them.
Eric

[MintErrors]

Thanks eaxtellcoin

Here is the rest of the reverse. I use a AMSCOPE Microscope with a 16MP microscope camera. It was a pain mainly due to the width of the letters. Some are almost touching each other. I think each letter is about 1.25 times thicker, or a tad more.

For those looking for notched letters/ split serifs and "cookie cutter" style lines that show the one impression over the other, it does not get much better than the 1964 1c FS-801 Lincoln Cent.

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[MintErrors]

Very Nice Gary,
I looked for these in all the 1964-P rolls, I got stuck with, back in the early 2000's but didn't find One. I adjust my shutter speed on the try pod for my Nikon. That, for me, does a really nice job of lightening/darkening the field. The dots are nice and split also, with the distinct split serifs it looks like an earlier die state coin. Nice find if you found that one out of rolls from years ago. They are becoming very hard to locate un searched, without a high premium for them.
Eric

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Eric, I have a AMSCOPE Microscope lens for my Canon. It allows me to remove an eyepiece and insert the tubular lens into the camera. From there I can plug in a cord (micro usb) from the camera into a monitor so I can see what the camera sees on a big scale vice the small Canon little screen. I usually do that as a last resort since it is a bit time consuming and usually for just one coin.

You can see my setups I do here:
https://minterrors.org/index.php/mic...d-photographs/

That particular ANACS slab was a bit more milky in color than normal. I usually don't have an issue with the slabs, but in this case it was necessary. IF I send something like this back in, it will be via CAC (they are local) or NGC. Heck I might even get a higher grade by a point. ANACS does grade rather strict. Some times too strict. I have a 1964 Kennedy that is ANACS graded. If it goes up a single point, its enough money to buy a car.