That scar mark came with the cent. Every smear, smudge, nick, dent, scratch was on this coin before I cut it out of the mint cellophane it was in. Or as the old saying goes-- it is what it is.---John
1983 was interesting year for colorful Lincolns as the mint was still learning how to create copper plated cents. This is quite common and it's cool to see other collectors put together an assortment of 83's to show this (I did it long ago too). I also collect various degrees of bubbling for this year, some of them are made with a crazy amount of bubbles under the plating.
finaly got some pictures with the good light, so edited them and here they are (these are at the moment my 2 favorite lincolns)
Thanks, when I get off my lazy duff I will photograph and post my uncirculated 1959 Lincoln Memorial. I love the purple toning that the 1909VDB has developed.---John
I goofed. That 1953 wasn't my last uncirculated Lincoln. I just found this hiding in my book. It is a 1955 Poor Man's Double Die.---John
Thanks Caz. I think mine is Gem BU, or at least what I was told when I bought it. I also think it is a type 006, extra thick letters in the IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY but not the LIBERTY so much.---John P.S.--- I am still looking for the "real deal" with this, type001.
Here's mine: And a nice zoom to the date: I like this one because it is a nice Poor man's doubled die, but also if you look at the top of the 9, it has something going on that I don't see on any of the other Poor man's DDOs