1972D, DDO, finally found one

[Roller]

I'm happy to have found this (first '72 for me) because now I can stop hoarding the 72D's. I don't think I would have missed this if I had seen it before under the scope. I did almost miss it with a 5X loupe and dug it back out of the copper pile after initially tossing it. Too bad about the damage but it was a good learning experience.

[RWBILLER]

Nice find, they are hard to find. The other thing to watch out for on 1972-D's are rotated reverses. I did not now this until reading version three of Potter's "Striking it rich through pocket change."
Congrats - check coppercoins for the die number.

[engine823]

Hey congrats there on a great find!!!

Shannon

[liveandievarieties]

72-D has got some really fun doubled dies, great find. These are actually very, very scarce in full red BU.

[Chugly]

That's an excellent find for way down in Florida! I am fortunate to have a ton of '72-D's to check in my area so my find rates are pretty good. I have found several examples of DDO's 1-4, but am still lacking #5. Die #3 can be a really tough find, even though the doubling is subtle enough to easily overlook. Based on that, you would think that there would be more die #3's left out there, but I don't see this being the case. I always key in on the "We" of In God We Trust to find these as the best separation always seems to occur there (at least for dies 1-4). Die's #3 and #5 appear to be the most rare in my experience, but die #1 is my favorite. Nice work!

[tokameel]

What a wonderful find. Good Eye!

[chuckster125]

Excellent find, Congrats!

[Wayne]

Congrats

It always amazes me that these coins can still be found 40 years after minting.

Nice Coin.

[mikes7657]

Beautiful. Nice photos too. How do you get the light right in your closeups to show the details so well? I'm getting frustrated trying to pull detailed images from coins that have a shiny uncirculated surface.

Mike

[Roller]

Beautiful. Nice photos too. How do you get the light right in your closeups to show the details so well? I'm getting frustrated trying to pull detailed images from coins that have a shiny uncirculated surface.

Mike

These are just snapshots through the scope, Mike. I use a controllable ring light and dim to the desired level. I can also turn on or off any of four quadrants on the light. Don't remember if I used that feature on these shots.