View Full Version : Is this an extra eyelid?
errorseeker928
07-29-2011, 10:17 PM
This is a 1991 P LMC with, I suspect, two extra eyelids from the upper and the lower portion of Abe's eyes; a tilted towards the southwest and the other towards the southeast. May I hear your humble opinion in identifying this variety if it really belongs to this type?
mustbebob
07-30-2011, 03:49 AM
Those do not appear to have the characteristics of doubled eyelids from previous years. It is my opinion that these may be gas bubbles.
jfines69
07-30-2011, 04:51 AM
Looks like gas bubbles!!!
1sgret
07-30-2011, 05:02 AM
I would have to go with gas bubbles also.
errorseeker928
07-30-2011, 05:53 AM
May I know the characteristics of a double eyelid?
celartu
07-30-2011, 06:05 AM
Gas bubble
mustbebob
07-30-2011, 06:45 AM
Take a look at the class 4 obverse doubled eyelids on 1940s through 1960s on coppercoins.com or other filing systems. You will see plenty of examples there.
Did you check it for gas bubbles yet?
jcuve
07-30-2011, 07:21 AM
It really seems that the phenomena of class IV doubled eyelids was confined to an earlier time with a slightly different obverse - maybe it was the design or the hubbing equipment, but the doubled eyelids seem to have stopped in the late '60s. 1966 DDO-001 and 1995-D DDO-003 (both class V) show doubling on the eyelid, but it a different set of reasons for their creation.
In this case, as observed previously, the anomalies appear to be plating blisters (gas bubbles). Their odd shape coupled with strong linear plating blisters in the fields are strong evidence that they are too plating blisters. Plating blisters appear to emerge during the strike itself and are caused from heat and contaminates under the plating.
hasfam
07-30-2011, 08:57 AM
Mmm. I couldn't sleep last night and answered this about 2am but now i don't see my post anywhere. I probably forgot to click the submit button.....well, it was 2am
errorseeker928
07-30-2011, 06:26 PM
Thank you everyone fo your replies; I will check the characteristics as offered by mustbebob.
jfines69
07-31-2011, 04:17 AM
Mmm. I couldn't sleep last night and answered this about 2am but now i don't see my post anywhere. I probably forgot to click the submit button.....well, it was 2am
Rock,
This has been happening to me also and I did click submit... The post must have gone into the abys... LOL!!!