CRH find on 2021 LSC 1 1

[Darjomar]

What’s y’all’s opinions in this?

Edited July 26, 2021 by Darjomar
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[J P M]

It's that crazy reflection the lights make it look like monster doubled letters. If you tip the coin on a angle the doubling goes away or if you turn the lights lower it goes away almost every time.

[Henri Charriere]

[My Cousin Vinny, the irrepressible VKurtB was right.  Proper lighting is an art.  Curses!  Foiled again.]

[GBrad]

Welcome to the Forum Darjomar!  The Lincoln Shield Cent series are about some of the hardest coins on the planet to take good clear photos of and there is quite honestly not a lot of Doubled Dies in this series that are very collectible or worth much $$.  The 2014 DDO is pretty much the "holy grail" in this series but still only worth a small premium. Their glare, especially the new very shiny ones, makes it almost impossible to take a good clear picture without reflection which causes a considerable amount of distortion.  You are not the only one who has had trouble with this series and their photography.  Like it has been said above, photography and lighting is an art, but more so for these crazy copper plated and shiny Shields.  Your example is a normal LSC.

Edited July 26, 2021 by GBrad

[Henri Charriere]

@Buffalo Head, whose lighting technique went viral on the Post Your Most Recent Acquision thread for exhibiting both lighting strategy thereby illuminating details on coins in optimum condition, won hands down.