1972 s lincoln ddo ?

[Mike747]

hi just looking for opinion on if is ddo or not

[MintErrors]

hi just looking for opinion on if is ddo or not

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Hello.

That photo is simply too far away to tell.
The photo has a lot of background and not enough coin.

I do have some tips on taking photos from a cellphone. They are posted on this forum and on my website. If I can locate the one here, I will copy it to this post

[MintErrors]

Photography of your die variety coins

• Equipment is everything. You need to stay within a budget, but get equipment that will be beneficial.
• Good, subdued lighting is vital. Too much glare is never good, and too dark leaves people with a dark image that is not helpful. Be creative, something WILL work ! WARNING ! if you cover a light ensure you uncover it immediately after to avoid any sort of fire issue.
  • If using a microscope, fed into a display monitor, I suggest your display monitors should be at about 50% contrast and 50% brightness (or whatever is “default”) , then you will serve photos that are average looking for most people – no matter what their settings are.
• Focused photos a vital. Anyone that is going to help will attempt to magnify the photo to see the issue you are seeing and it is absolutely crucial for them to have as clear and focused photo that you can provide.
  • Do not attempt to take a photo with the phone in your hand. Any slight movement of the phone will cause focusing issues.
  • Find a nice sturdy box, about 6 to 8 inches square. Place this on your table or other working environment.
  • Get place a bottle cap or other round object ( preferably smaller than the coin) on the table near the box.
  • Place the coin on top of the bottlecap.
  • If using a cell phone, turn on your camera app.
  • Place the phone on the box, so that the camera can see the coin below. WARNING ! Do NOT hang the phone too far over to cause it to become unstable. Avoid this if it appears the system will cause the phone to fall which may damage the coin and or phone. Use at your own risk .
• Focus on the COIN and NOT the slab or the flip. If you have a MANUAL focus, this would be best. Out of any flip or cardboard mylar is best. Raw photos work best but if it is already slabbed, you need to try your best to get an in focused photo without any glare from lighting.
• LIGHTLY tap the photo app to take a photo or, get yourself a Bluetooth enabled key-style fob to eliminate the possibility of the camera moving.
• CROP your photos. Most phones offer a cropping application within the photo editor. Save the photo as a JPG file. It offers photos that are smaller in size (KB or MB wise).

[occnumis2021]

Photography of your die variety coins[LIST]

you know, a lot of coin roll hunting YT streamers use about this same method. usually they have a small tripod but the setup is the same and it works fantastically. glad you share the image (yes i know you don't get quote pings).

i did this but with books back in 2011/12 or so when getting into numismotography.

[MintErrors]

I used to do the book thing a long time ago when I was in the military on a ship out to sea for extended periods of time. I had to be creative on getting stable shots when we were not pier side. I collected my first major mint error found in a mixed bag of 5000 Lincolns. It was a 3 cent nickel with a major die break. About 50% of the reverse was affected. I took a lot of photos of that coin. It was a beauty. That was back in the mid to late 70's. Time flies when you keep busy, that's for sure.