1974 ddo 001

[Duckhawk]

I feel pretty good about this one.
Let me know what you think.

Thanks
Mike

[Steven]

The 1974's are tough ones. I think that you would have to match up the markers before being sure. Maybe Bob can help here.

[Shingpumps]

Thats what i think too. 74 is hard to tell because of the large date and thick lettering.

[mustbebob]

You guys are all way ahead of me. It is difficult to tell with the large date 1974 coins. In this case, I do believe it is a DDO. The 9 of the date shows the type of extra thickness I would associate with a class 6 DDO versus the standard thicker large date digit. Markers could verify if it is die -001 or not. However, it is not impossible that it could be a new one. Most people find it very difficult with the large dates that they don't try to figure it out at all.

[Shingpumps]

You guys are all way ahead of me. It is difficult to tell with the large date 1974 coins. In this case, I do believe it is a DDO. The 9 of the date shows the type of extra thickness I would associate with a class 6 DDO versus the standard thicker large date digit. Markers could verify if it is die -001 or not. However, it is not impossible that it could be a new one. Most people find it very difficult with the large dates that they don't try to figure it out at all.
I end up throwing them back too. I never can tell.

[THE PENNY MAN]

Oh my i threw lot of them back also.....

[rockdude]

I threw them back but not away. I'll go back and retrieve them.

[brefos77]

Interesting. I don't mean to hi-jack this thread, but is this the same, or just an ordinary '74?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/brefos77/1974-5.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/brefos77/1974-4.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/brefos77/1974-3.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/brefos77/1974-2.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/brefos77/1974-1.jpg

[kloccwork419]

I can say the last pic,Of the original thread, looks like there may be notching on the left side of the U. Hard tellin from the pic

[mustbebob]

Brefos77,
The 9 of the date from your picture looks normal for the large date. What I look for when attributing these is a significant thickening of the tail of the 9 AFTER it starts its curve downward. It can be very subtle, but if you compare your pic with the one below, I think you can see the difference. As I said earlier...these things drive some folks absolutely nuts!

[brefos77]

Oh, I see now. Thanks!