Joseph Franklin

On 3/24/2022 at 6:02 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Not a match for FS-101, not a DD of any kind. If you're referring to the area above and left of the "1" in the date as containing a "P", it doesn't/it's not. Probably a stain of some sort along with a plating blister. 

It's really easy to say it's not something when the spread isn't seen because of the angle, espdcially in these years of Lincoln pennies. You don't get much more spread beyond that. Why can I say that? Because of the collection of DDO's on hand that I'm able to compare everything too. It sucks that I don't have the $20,000 so that my collection can get certified and silence everybody. Did you know Mike that a 10x loop is required to investigate and verify some of these tighter spreads of DDO?  

Because to my eyes this fits rather well as a FS 101 or whatever type of taxonomy you want to place of this coin. What, do you really think I've got on here without doing my homework? There's way too much info out there to get on here and have someone look at photos to tell me about my coin. The only reason now for even making what I have known is because I haven't seen anything like that "P" type looking font above the 1. It's just really peculiar that it is so elegant of a marking that I've reached out to see if someone else has encountered this. It's the raised area of the mark that gives me reason to suspect it being more than, but I have no idea what. Maybe debris during the strike, who knows? 

It's actually a . Nice specimen of a 1995-D. Take a look on variety Vista to compare. But these photos weren't taken to highlight the doubling which once you see another 1955-D with doubling and you look at mine you'll understand. During these years the "Spread" which most people look for wife spreads actually miss doubling that's there. The "p" mark above the 1, yes, that "font" of some kind I was thinking to be more of a stain due to the length of the "letter" thanks for the response.