Are these DCAM? Thanks

Ogden

Bought these yesterday specifically looking for DCAM's. Hope they are. Thanks for helping.

Ogden

MadMarty

Can't tell with out a picture!!!

keets

......they look invisible to me!!!!!!!!!!!

al h.

Ogden

Photo's attached. I thought I did it. Sorry for wasting your time.


Ogden

BillJones

The nickel might be, but is there are mark on Jefferson's coat abover the "FS"? If so it could make the grade too low to matter.

I don't think that either of Kennedy half dollars would qualify.

FrattLaw

Hard to tell from the pics, but my thoughts

1. CAM
2. DCAM --
3. CAM - maybe DCAM

Michael

coppercoins

My assessment matches Frattlaw's, 100% (for what it's worth).

Russ

Both of the Kennedy halves are DCAMs by PCGS standards for clad proof coinage in this series, BUT:

We have no reverse scans, and that is an important part of the designation. I'll bet a dollar to a donut the reverse on the '71 ain't there.

Russ, NCNE

DHeath

Ogden,

I'll double Russ's bet. I'm afraid the trouble with 71 JFK's is not the obverse. The Jeff is a no brainer obverse, but the scuff will impair the grade. Still, they look like nice coins.

keets

absolutely need to see both sides.

you performed quite a task to find a weak 1979 if that one isn't DCAM. that's normally a very heavy year, at least the sets i look through are. the trouble with the early 70's is finding matched cameo. generally the obverse will be OK. i'd say from the scans you provided that the jefferson is most definitely DCAM but the light reflection on the half dollars is pretty bad, though they look DCAM. a definite maybe on the kennedy's!!

al h.

Ogden

I'm new to this guys. I saw so much talk about DCAM's on this forum I thought that I would try to find some. Here's the reverse of the 1979 S.

Ogden

Ogden

Sorry this was the reverse of the 1971 Kennedy.

Ogden

coppercoins

That 71 reverse doesn't even look CAM. The coin won't make it without both sides...rats!

Ogden

Copper coin. Would it have been a good coin? I have no idea of the value of any of these Kennedys. I'm just trying to find some nice coins with the education I'm getting here. I'll take some more photo's. Maybe it's the angle. I'm new to all of this. Sorry, but thanks for your patience.

Ogden

Ogden

Copper coin and Russ, here's better reverse photo's. Please let me know what you think.


Ogden

DHeath

Ogden,

1971 was a b*tch. The obverse is cam/dcam. The reverse is no cam. If it'll make you feel better, I have about 100 like that I've purchased looking for the 71 dcam. To asnwer your other question, a PR69 Dcam 1971 JFK would be a $2500+ coin. Happy hunting.

Ogden

Thanks DHeath. That sure helps. Another coin for me to look for. Appreciate the time you took to respond.

Thanks again
Ogden

Russ

<< <i>If it'll make you feel better, I have about 100 like that I've purchased looking for the 71 dcam. >>



Ogden,

I'll make you feel twice as good. Me too! The mint was friggin' terrible that year. Probably because it was the first year they struck the JFK in clad.

The coin in 68DCAM has a pop of only 110 and goes for $200 +. The coin in 69DCAM has a pop of only 17 and the last one to come up for sale (July, 2002) went for $3627. There are no 70s.

Russ, NCNE

Ogden

Geeeeezzzzzz. I'll have to go back to my coin shop again.
Thanks keets, copper, russ and dheath and all the other who helped me. In the five months I have listened on this forum I have learned a great deal. Thanks to all.

Ogden

leothelyon

Ogden
The art of taking good pictures of coins will take alot of time and patience. Stick with it and read up and try different technics. Having the right camera may help. The trick is to position and bounce the right amount of light onto the coin and back into the lens of the camera. This is not an easy task as the light source and camera needs to occupy the same space above the coin. When you angle the light to get out of the way of the camera, you will notice that you will need to then angle the camera in the opposite direction you went with the light to catch the light rays coming off the coin. Too much angle will make the coin to look like an egg or oblong. Over time, you'll experience all these problems and go through all the frustrations but don't give up as you'll eventually find something that works best for you. Doing a search on picture(s), cameras, photo's, photography, lights, lighting and other words through the archive of forum topics, suggestions given by many forum members will help.

Good luck,

Leo

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