Lincoln Experts---1946-S/D OMM#1 ??

1Radr4Lf

I am still relatively new to coin collecting and have been reading post from this site for some time now. I am amazed at the tremendous amount of experience, knowledge, and professionalism you all bring to this site. I have learned a great deal about collecting from you all and I’m looking forward to years more. Thank You!

Now for first of what will be many questions to this forum, I was looking through some old pennies yesterday and this one caught my eye. Is this what I think it is or am I seeing what I want to see?

Thanks,
D

coppercoins

You've got it right, that's what it is...congrats.

Here's mine...

1946S-1OM-001

1Radr4Lf

Sweet! Your website is the absolute best I've seen for Lincoln cents! I've been their on many occasions seeking information and the site does not disappoint.
Thank You!

JRocco

You have a good eye D, congrats.

jonesy

Who took that pic???

mgoodm3

Nice pic. Nice find. That's a strong OMM.

1Radr4Lf

"Who took that pic???" I took the picture with my Sony digital camera and cropped the OMM. Hope it was an OK picture! What can do to better the picture jonesy?

coppercoins

Actually any time you are going to show a mintmark variety for identification purposes, back off of it and show the other devices in the neighborhood too. Often the position where the mintmark was punched gives a big clue as to which one it is. In this particular case I didn't need that much, because there is only one known S/D OMM in the Lincoln cent series, and it looks exactly like what you posted. If you were showing an S/S RPM, there would be a high likelihood I would not be able to identify it by your photo.

Secondly, if you're using your zoom with a microscope, don't. Let the microscope optics do all the magnification. Your camera should be nothing more than a receptor of whatever magnification the scope provides. This will give you far better control over lighting and will allow you to focus the subject in a lot better and get a far wider field of range.

Third, regardless ofthe angle you use to take the photo, use your photo editing software to rotate the photo to a straight up and down alignment si a person doesn't have to turn their head and guess which way is up. Just like maps are printed with north at the top, you should rotate your photos whenever possible to have the same orientation.

Hope this helps.

seanq

Congrats on the cherrypick! that is a tough variety and very underappreciated. Here's a pic of mine, which shows a bit more of the date position. It was purchased from the Cheap Slab store some time ago.



... and since this is me we're talking about, of course the coin is clipped, too.




Sean Reynolds