1965

daggit · Senior Member

I have no other 65 to compare this with, the top of the 6 appears to have a notch in it and I'm not sure whats going on with the rest of the date. My untrained eye cannot discern if this is a Doubled Die or if the 65's commonly have this look to them. Any comments appreciated. My camera is acting up sorry about the poor quality photo it's taken with the scope.

coop · Expert Member

I see two different light sources on your image. One above and one below. With that type of lighting everthing looks larger. The best is to have just one light source. If you are getting unwanted light, remove one. I use a facial tissue to block the unwanted light. How do you know when you have a second light source? By placing your hand around your scope to block out unwanted light. When you determine the direction, curtain that off with a facial tissue with tape/piece of carboard just to block the unwanted/secondary light source. Try to nail this down and look again. Sometimes the dual lighting is the problem. But you need this correcting first to see if your coin is a doubled die. (Also compare to more normal coins.)Why? Because designs obverse/reverse change from year to year. Sometimes every 1/2 year. So examining coins from the same year/type will answer if this is common. (IE: 1959 Cents the 5 on the date has a notch on the center cross piece. They all have that, just part of the design. 1961 on the upper tail of the six in the date has a missing part of the tail. Normal as they all have that. 2001-2003 Have the wider letters/numbers. They all have this. You just need to compare to see if other coins contain the same anomoly to see what is the norm for this years/type of coins.