I Like Posting Lincoln Cents, How About You?

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Here is one of my favorites:

 

1943 steel cents that are proof-like definitely exist. From your photos I can't tell if you have one of those, or if it has been polished or otherwise altered.

Genuine 1943 steel cents with nice proof-like finish, especially those that exhibit nice cameo contrast, are pretty rare and often command significant premiums if the seller knows what they have. Here's a nice example with pretty decent cameo that I picked up at one of the Long Beach shows last year, the obverse is fully proof-like, but the reverse is sort of ugly:

 

Here's an oldie but a goodie...

 

Here is an unplated cent dated 1989.

 

This 1958 has a nice cameo obverse & reverse.

 

Beautiful coin ldhair! Is it yours?

 

This picture speaks more than 1,000 words.

 

Yep.

Here is a 1954 that with a nice cameo.

 

I suspect that all of us (posting in this thread) learned about Lincoln cents by filling holes in our collector albums. Here is a collector coin from my Lincoln cent album. As I recall it was tough to find a good strike for this 1924-S date.

 

This is absolutely stunning.