1985 & 1989 DDO's

joecheck

I think I nailed both in my poket change, last night. Any thoughts? The 1985 is in MS condition.

1985




1989



There's doubling on the top right side of the "Y" but the picture is bad.

pontiacinf

85 looks like machine doubling, but WTF do I know...not sure on the other.

I have gone thru thousands of cents past 5 months, found some real cool machines, colors, strike thrus, clashes, but only 1 true ddo and thats a 1972, real nice spread on IGWT...xf40ish

keep looking joe, thats where the fun is

joecheck

I thought it was machine doubling when I first saw it, also. And, you may be correct. But, when I put it next to the picture of a 1985 DDO, it looks like a match. I wish we could get some more opinions. I know there are many expert Lincoln people on this forum (you included). I search about 10 rolls a night. Believe it or not, my best finds come from random picks out of my pocket change or coins that people give to me (my wife, my kids, or my staff).

JRocco

Hey joecheck.
That 85 may very well be the 85P DDO. This die has some strong markers on the reverse. Some really strong east to west die scratches that are a dead giveaway for this one. When I see an 85 like that, I can tell right away if its the keeper by looking at the reverse. Go look at C.D.'c (coppercoins.com) site and you can see this clearly- he has a great set of pics of this die to compare it to. You will be able to nail it for sure in a minute. I need better pics of that 89 to tell you anything about that one.

joecheck

JRocco...

I hope to get you better picks, ASAP. I want you to see this coin. It shows some markers from the 1985P-1DO-002...but not all of them. The ones it does show are very distinct. Could it be an EDS or MDS? It doesn't appear to be an LDS, but I am sure it is the same DDO. Any suggestions?