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    Finally picked my Favorite! 1927P-DDO-001!

    Additional Information
    Date: 1927
    Variety: DDO
    Mint: Philadelphia
    Coneca: DDO-001
    Wexler: WDDO-001
    FS#: FS-101 (013.5)
    Coppercoins: 1DO-001

    I have probably bought 5 or 6 1927s, back before knowing a lot about die varieties, thinking I had picked this doubled die. Well Sunday night, I finally did it! I'd like to publicly thank Dan (centMD) for passing on bidding on this coin. I've come to figure out, over the past year, that Dan and I pick a few of the same sellers on eBay. And I have also figured out that Dan is damned good at it (better than me). So I keep it in my mind that 9 times out of 10 Dan has already noticed, or will notice before it ends, most of the unattributed varieties I find on eBay.

    When I saw this one I searched the forum for members that had posted this variety. Thank goodness Dan was one of the members. I reached out immediately to see if I could talk him out of bidding, as I know he likes to have multiple examples if possible. Knowing how nice of a guy he is, I feel he would have offered to not bid anyway, but luckily we were both watching a couple of other varieties. In the end he stayed away from the 1927 and I stayed away from 2 other varieties he wanted. So we kind of traded without actually trading, lol.

    Congrats by the way Dan on winning those other 2. I hope the '33-D turned out to be what you thought. It sure looked like an RPM to me too.

    I think I am happier about this coin than any other I have ever picked. Even with that terrible spot on the reverse. Thanks for sharing this excitement with me! This is a perfect example of why I love LCF! You are all thoughtful, amazing friends that go out of your way to help each other.
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    Congrats Jay and very cool of you Dan!! That is a cool DDO!! Only 45 slabbed, that is an impressive pick!

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    Nice going!

    That variety drives me nuts.
    I have several in flips with a question mark.
    I will not be sure I have one unless it's in a higher grade like yours, they're really tough to be sure on with circs so getting an example like yours is the best way to go.

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    Jay, I'm thinking if Ed does not have a definite example, that means more to me than the numbers!! Very impresive find!!

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    Reminds me, I once bought a slabbed one on ebay. It wasn't the right variety.
    I looked at for months and eventually broke the slab and tossed it in my wheat pile. Sort of funny.

    See old Coppercoins thread:

    http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2229

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    Quote Originally Posted by GrumpyEd View Post
    Reminds me, I once bought a slabbed one on ebay. It wasn't the right variety.
    I looked at for months and eventually broke the slab and tossed it in my wheat pile. Sort of funny.

    See old Coppercoins thread:

    http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2229
    So that's pretty impressive! You had Bob and BJ both tell you it was not 001 but Bob did not say it was not a DDO and BJ said it was definitely a DDO eyelid so...….

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    Quote Originally Posted by GrumpyEd View Post
    Reminds me, I once bought a slabbed one on ebay. It wasn't the right variety.
    I looked at for months and eventually broke the slab and tossed it in my wheat pile. Sort of funny.

    See old Coppercoins thread:

    http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2229
    Thank you for the story and link Ed! Of all the wheats you have searched, bought, cherrypicked... I can see how this one is one you will never forget about! What a bummer, but how cool to see you, Bob and BJ get together and solve the mystery!
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    BJ was saying the real one has the eyelid and his example showed it not mine. Bob was right, mine was a normal coin.

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    Thank you for the kind words Jay. I often collect multiples of varieties I find interesting; for example I have managed to get 8 1928-D WDDR-001/1DR-001 in at least 3 die states and 4 each of the separate varieties 1927-S WDDO-001 and 1927-S 1DO-001. 1927-P die varieties are much harder to come by in duplicate though, as there were many more individual dies used. Finding a specific die would require many hundreds more coins seen. Congratulations on the 1927 DDO-001!

    I received the 1933-D today and it turned out to be a very well placed hit on the mint mark. The other coin did turn out though, and will take some work to try to give a definitive attribution number.

    Incidentally, this thread reminded me of a couple coins I wanted to share on the forum for others. These are open to be bid on by anyone interested and none are coins of my own. They are all expensive though.

    1930-S RPM-003 in PCGS MS66RD. This coin has the Stage B marker, but appears to be at least slightly earlier die state as far as I can tell. The PCGS price guide puts this grade at $500 and recent PCGS graded examples seem to be selling around $350-450 generally.

    http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20R...930SRPM003.htm

    http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/36185691_max.jpg

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/PCGS-MS66RD...53.m1438.l2649

    This second coin is also a 1930-S RPM-003 in Stage B. The coin is PCGS MS65RB buy it now for $90. PCGS price guide states $70 and coins of that grade have been selling for $30 to $50 generally. The seller might entertain an offer if asked, though it isn't listed under the options.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1930-S-LINC...53.m1438.l2649

    The third coin is a 1927-D 1DO-002/WDDO-003/WRPM-005 (debunked for 1MM-002 though) in PCGS MS64BN for $160. Key markers are the doubling under the TY, and the rotated reverse. If you look at the prongs, this coin has a rotated reverse, though the photo was straightened. PCGS price guide states $175 and recent coins look to have sold from $90-140.

    http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/d...&die_state=mds

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1927-D-LINC...53.m1438.l2649

    Dan

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    One more. Here's a 1928-D WDDR-001/1DR-001. I guess I probably don't need any more of the variety. This one has been polished then re-toned.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brilliant-U...53.m1438.l2649

    Dan

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