Thinking 97 double ear

[enamel7]

Don't worry about the top of the earlobe. It's the bottom part that shows the extreme doubling that is important.

[jcuve]

Being that you are newer to variety hunting, it's going to take longer to pick out a die related anomaly on details in the head and memorial. There are a multitude of reasons one coin will look a little different than the other. It takes time to be able to file most of these differences under the normal column.

Question: are you searching coins by handheld loupe or by a camera device of some sort?

[georoxx]

Question about this DD... Why doesn't the "doubling" duplicate the design element? (In this case, the ear lobe.) The 2 are different in shape. The southern portions run in different directions from one another.

Case in point, the doubling as seen on 1988P-1DO-010 more closely duplicates the ear lobe.

Thank you.

-George

[VAB2013]

Being that you are newer to variety hunting, it's going to take longer to pick out a die related anomaly on details in the head and memorial. There are a multitude of reasons one coin will look a little different than the other. It takes time to be able to file most of these differences under the normal column.

Question: are you searching coins by handheld loupe or by a camera device of some sort?

jcuve, thank you for your willingness to help me! I am using a Carson handheld 60X-100X mini-microscope for viewing detail and a Carson zOrb for photos (which is ok but needs improvement) The zOrb is a USB digital microscope camera that I attach to my laptop so it's convenient, but not super great for pics.

[VAB2013]

Question about this DD... Why doesn't the "doubling" duplicate the design element? (In this case, the ear lobe.) The 2 are different in shape. The southern portions run in different directions from one another.

Case in point, the doubling as seen on 1988P-1DO-010 more closely duplicates the ear lobe.

Thank you.

-George

Hello George... I am just hanging out with you on this one waiting for someone to answer

[GrumpyEd]

This might be helpful, Koinpro/KP shows the other areas with doubling:

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1997DblEar.htm

[VAB2013]

This might be helpful, Koinpro/KP shows the other areas with doubling:

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1997DblEar.htm

Thank you GrumpyEd.... urggggghhhhhh.... the weird ear on my coin has that same curve in the top portion. Are you guys sure my coins is not a double ear? I have been wondering why on earth my coin has the ear curled up like that.