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As with many of us that are obsessed with Lincoln cents, I have become known as that "Penny Guy" to many people that know me. Of course this label is usually accompanied with a few chuckles and some obvious questions like "What do you do with all of those pennies?" etc... Well, after being asked this in one of my classes and briefly explaining what I do with them, I had a student bring me in a small sack with $1.41 in cents that had been sitting in a desk in his office. This was offered as payment for me helping him on a big project earlier. I happily took them and sorted them. Nothing special, 32 coppers, 110 zinc's and no wheats.
I had forgotten all about these until I emptied out my back pack last night and found a small sack of zinc's that had been stuck in the bottom for months. Rather than leave these for later to search, I figured I could quickly go through these and try to stay organized. Lo and behold, about 10 coins in, out popped this beauty! At first, I was like "Cool, another 1995D-1DO-006" which I have been finding a few of lately. But when I looked at it closer and compared it to the -006 examples I have, things didn't quite match up.
There is obvious doubling on the mint mark and a slight separation line on the inner curve of the 5 in the Date, but no notches on the date as with the -006. Also, there are nice split serf's on the bottoms of the letters in Liberty. I spent quite a bit of time comparing this coin to the other ones listed on Coppercoins and am pretty convinced that this is an unlisted one. I have jumped the gun on this several times before, and rather than do that again, I come to you, my amazing LCR members for your opinions
. Also, does anyone know what happened to the listing for the 1995D-1DO-001 on Coppercoins? The numbering just starts with DDO#2 and goes from there. Was this a "wavy steps" listing that was deleted or was there just no good example to photo for the DDO#1?
This is just another reminder that you never know where these things will turn up. I have searched 544,143 cents since I started keeping detailed records back in July of 2010 and out of that, have only found 3 1995-D DDO's of any kind. Now, I find another one in $1.41
I think its only fitting that I buy a certain student of mine a free lunch!
I had forgotten all about these until I emptied out my back pack last night and found a small sack of zinc's that had been stuck in the bottom for months. Rather than leave these for later to search, I figured I could quickly go through these and try to stay organized. Lo and behold, about 10 coins in, out popped this beauty! At first, I was like "Cool, another 1995D-1DO-006" which I have been finding a few of lately. But when I looked at it closer and compared it to the -006 examples I have, things didn't quite match up.
There is obvious doubling on the mint mark and a slight separation line on the inner curve of the 5 in the Date, but no notches on the date as with the -006. Also, there are nice split serf's on the bottoms of the letters in Liberty. I spent quite a bit of time comparing this coin to the other ones listed on Coppercoins and am pretty convinced that this is an unlisted one. I have jumped the gun on this several times before, and rather than do that again, I come to you, my amazing LCR members for your opinions
. Also, does anyone know what happened to the listing for the 1995D-1DO-001 on Coppercoins? The numbering just starts with DDO#2 and goes from there. Was this a "wavy steps" listing that was deleted or was there just no good example to photo for the DDO#1? This is just another reminder that you never know where these things will turn up. I have searched 544,143 cents since I started keeping detailed records back in July of 2010 and out of that, have only found 3 1995-D DDO's of any kind. Now, I find another one in $1.41
I think its only fitting that I buy a certain student of mine a free lunch!
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