cameo or dcam

littlejohn · July 17, 2004 7:51AM

,where is the braking point at ? , how can i tell if it dcam from cameo.??

littlejohn · July 17, 2004 7:56AM

hi
should this coin be a dcam,.??

Russ · July 17, 2004 8:56AM

Not the best images for evaluation purposes, but it looks to be correctly designated.

Russ, NCNE

ajia · July 17, 2004 9:07AM

I agree with Russ on the designation, CAM not DCAM.
But to your original question, where is the braking point at ? , how can i tell if it dcam from cameo.??, others can tell you better than I because I have wondered that myself.
I know it has to do with reflectivity of the fields along with a 'frosted' device. The fields have to reflect light at a certain distance....11" or 13"....something like that.

Now that I've made an ass out of myself trying to explain, maybe someone that really knows what they're talking about can explain.

rainbowroosie · July 17, 2004 9:11AM

cam

Cameonut · July 17, 2004 9:49AM

Looks cameo to me.

Over time, you will be able to develop an eye for the break point. It is difficult, if not impossible, to put in words. Even lots of photos will not be able to clearly define the point for you. My advice is to keep examples of cameo and ultracameo coins on hand as reference pieces. Even with experience, it is not a precise bread point - especially with nickels.

Cameonut

littlejohn · July 17, 2004 10:27AM

ok,thanks for the help.

Russ · July 17, 2004 11:08AM

littlejohn,

One of these coins is a cameo, the other a deep cameo:

Can you tell which is which?

Russ, NCNE

littlejohn · July 17, 2004 11:43AM

hi
i would said picture #2. is the dcam coin.

ajia · July 17, 2004 2:43PM

Hey Russ, I could probably tell if I had them in my hands

coincollector1989 · July 18, 2004 11:24PM

cameo

DennisH · July 20, 2004 4:44AM

Obverse doesn't look quite strong enough to be DCAM, but the reverse does.

Owl · July 21, 2004 7:36AM

Impossible for me to tell from the images.

dpoole · July 21, 2004 12:25PM

#2 is dcam.

cameo or dcam

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