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It took 2 1/2 years and heck of allot o' nope & most of all help from y'all..
Esoeso
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Ok... I know you are excited.... however, just what are you excited about?? The pictures are quite blurry... however, I do not see any doubling or other anomalies .... could be the pictures... can you be more specific?
I know the '69S does have a DDO....Cheers, RickO
I think it'll take another 2 1/2 years and probably more..........................
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You're showing us the motto. Are you thinking you have a DDO? As you can see from bolikvarshagnasty's post, the doubling on that rare item is quite pronounced.
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Keep on looking!
I need more photos.
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Sorry, but I don't see anything that would indicate a DDO.
Remember, this is a die variety and the doubling is on the die that was used to strike the coin. Therefore, every coin struck with that die will be a copy of the other coins struck by it. If your coin does not exactly match the photos of the variety you think it is, then it isn't the variety you think it is.
Edited to add: If you have to tilt a coin in the light 'just right' or you think you see something after looking at it for a long period of time, it probably isn't the variety you're looking for. In my experience, as someone who has been cherrypicking varieties since the Cherrypicker's Guide first came out in the early 1990's, when you find one you're looking for, your response will be "wow that's it!" right off the bat in most cases.
and in this case, my response right off the bat was "Wow, that's not it!"
"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
You can put me down for a little more "nope".......
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...I was thinking pedicure...but I guess that is a finger
still not it
This is, of course, not a 1969-s ddo but keep trying. You might want to set your sights on a more common variety, though. Like a 1995 ddo. There are perhaps a hundred thousand of them, and they can still be found in bank boxes.
Finding the '69-s is like hitting the lottery
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My quick math says that's it's significantly harder than hitting the lottery.
The odds of winning the big prizes in Mega Million and Powerball are each a bit better than 1 in 300 million.
Total mintage of Lincoln cents since 1969 is a bit under 500 billion.
PCGS Coinfacts estimates total mintage of about 100. I don't know how they come up with that, but the total pops at both services is about 60.
If you believe the mintage figure of 100, then the odds of finding one would be 1 in about 5 billion, or roughly 15x less likely than winning Powerball.
Of course, that also assumes that the coins are evenly distributed, and that you're as likely to find a 1969-dated coin (ignoring the doubled die) as you are to find a 2009-dated one. We know that's not even close to true.
Or if you want some simpler math: There are several lottery winners each year. We typically go years between finds of a 1969-S doubled die. Based on nothing else, that alone says that it's a lot rarer than hitting the lottery.