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On 10/1/2021 at 11:04 PM, JKK said:

When I have Spanish custard

Don't want to sound ignorant here nor do I want to change the subject at hand, BUT...... Is Spanish custard anything like Egg Custard??? I absolutely LOVE Egg Custard!!!!

@Woods020 @Mohawk I'm glad to see that at least I'm not losing my mind here regarding my original comment on this thread about what looks like doubling.  I know my eyesight ain't the best it's ever been but dang...this one sure would have fooled me. I too appreciate all the feedback regarding this coin and other's perceptions on it.  

On 9/30/2021 at 12:39 PM, JKK said:

Offhand I'd say die deterioration doubling. No premium.

Hey JKK, I am a bit confused on this one.... I know absolutely nothing about Drachma's. I have however been forced to recently start learning about them due to a friend who gave me a 100+ pound bag of coins (definitely keeping me busy.... of which contain numerous foreign coins including Drachma's.  I feel pretty well versed in being able to distinguish true doubling from worthless doubling (but then again I've been wrong more than right....) but the op's coin I am on the fence about. If I am seeing the pics correctly, there appears to be clearly defined, rounded and well formed additional devices here. I may be seeing some very minor flow lines but to me, IMHO, I'm not seeing enough die deterioration to have affected the devices in the manner in which to cause this.  I'm not seeing any reduction in the devices nor do I see any shelf-like appearance (which I know would be MD) so is there a remote possibility this is a DDO?  I don't have a comparable pic of this exact coin to compare the size of the devices to see it they are different but this one would have fooled me if it's not a doubled die based on the op's pics. And lastly, I don't know where to even look up this foreign coin to see if there are any known doubled dies. Thanks.  

Have you looked up this coin on the NGC price guide???  If it has been graded by NGC (which I assume it has since you said it is NGC VF35)  then I could only assume it would be listed with a price guideline on this website.  

I agree with JKK.  Here is a link for your to learn the different types of true doubling vs. worthless doubling.  Copy and paste it in your browser.

file:///Users/ga/Desktop/Other%20Forms%20Of%20Doubling.webarchive

On 9/28/2021 at 12:38 AM, Jaynh said:

Thank you & this is the pic I was looking at.

With all due respect, how can you mistake your coin as being the same as this one taken from HA? The 1988 DDO FS-101 is unmistakable.  

This Nickel appears to have had a hard life as apparent by both the Obverse and Reverse PMD damage, dings, dents, scratches, etc..... on the entire surfaces of the coin.  Just curious as to why the 0's look so well formed and unaffected? 🤔 

On 9/26/2021 at 3:06 PM, Cresencio said:

Hi mike thanks for your input.  Ur ryt that's different coin, by the way lm not sure if you notiice the face especially the eye and is that DDO? It looks DDO to me.

thanks!

Your other coin is not a doubled die either on the eye. If anything, it appears to be a large die chip. 

There are not any known 1976-D Roosevelt DDO or DDR Dimes.  As has been said, this appears to be a grease filled die issue which is a common occurrence on pretty much all denominations.  Your coin is worth 10 cents and definitely not worth having graded.   

On 9/23/2021 at 9:20 AM, Ynnohj said:

Can this be a 2003 DD O/R

Never seen it put this way before (or maybe I'm just old school)..... but I am assuming you mean a DDO or a DDR?  Either way...neither way is a winner for your normal 2003 Linc. 

Hello @Dejone Maxwell. One word of advice if I may add.  When handling coins you should hold them by the edge, not in the manner you are holding this coin or other coins I have seen in your other posts.  If you do come across a nice MS valuable coin, and squeeze it between your fingers to take a pic, you are inevitably going to leave fingerprints and oils on it which over time will show themselves.  This is especially true on a nice shiny copper Cent.  Just FYI friend.

I asked this same questions awhile back and got a few answers.  Here's the link to that topic. 

Yup..... what they said...

On 9/19/2021 at 12:55 PM, Mohawk said:

But, I do agree that Zincolns are pretty awful.

I'm glad we agree on one thing at least, albeit I wish it was the other way around my friend .  By no means would I ever attempt to push my religious beliefs on anyone or 'shove it down their throat' as so many people do at times of which I am not a fan.  I'm definitely not a politically correct person, never have been, never will be, but that is just me. I respect all walks of life, thoughts and positions.  All we can try to do is the old proverbial saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...". Not trying to do that here but it's just a saying and a thought I try to implement in my daily life.  I will no doubt keep you in my thoughts and prayers Mohawk.  

On 9/19/2021 at 6:15 AM, rocket23 said:

You better hope it’s the horse and not the rider she wants. 

At her age I would hope not. 

On 9/18/2021 at 5:15 PM, Mohawk said:

Yeah....those plating blisters can be absolute bastards and fake you out like crazy!! When I was first starting back up with collecting in 1999, I cannot tell you how many 1980's and 1990's Zincolns faked me out with things like this.  It's a common occurrence with Zincolns and people who look at coins closely.

Yup!!! I hate the Zincolns and what they have evolved into.  Long past are the days of real copper Cents and true doubled dies which is what got me into collecting in the first place.   Sad......very sad!  But.... our great guberment (what's left of it, if anything at all) I believe is trying to eliminate coinage all together, I'm pretty convinced. If I am breaking a "political rule" here on the forum then SO BE IT!  If God loving Americans can't stand behind what is right and correct then to heck with all else!!!  Just my 2 cents here!!!!

I will have to say that is one incredibly horrible place for a plating bubble to show up!  That would fool a lot of people for sure.  I actually found a 2006 Linc just the other day and thought I'd found the DDO ear variety for that year. It looked almost 100% identical to the known variety but I was able to take a toothpick and well..... it was a small blister..... dang it!!!!!  You may want to do the same thing to yours and take a toothpick, press straight down on the oddity under the ear of your coin, and see what happens.  If it disturbs the 'lump' anyway at all then it is a blister.  

I just ran your Cert. Number on NGC verify and it comes back to this coin, no photos for it though on the verification site.  Not that this helps but it appears to be a legit slabbed NGC graded coin.

On 9/18/2021 at 12:09 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

Maybe this is a verboten subject?  Knowing this may be a verboten subject..............

For those of you who have limitations on your vernacular such as I, here's this:

ver·bo·ten

adjective

adjective: verboten

1. forbidden, especially by an authority."bank fishing is verboten on Strathbeg"
2. 
3. 
4. 

On 9/18/2021 at 7:24 AM, J P Mashoke said:

Up here we call a Crappie a Crappie but most the time they are called Sunfish and no one local eats them.  They are to small and boney.  

Yup, there's some different names for them for sure.  We have sunfish, bream, bluegill, etc.....  I was alluding to the pronunciation of Crappie.  Southerners call it a "C.r.a.p.-E" (or at least I do).  Our northern counterparts tend to call it a "Crop-E".  They get pretty big down here and are oh, oh, oh, soooo good to eat!