Not what it seems to be

I believe drug stores and even wallyworld develops them still. I try to stay out of both.

 

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I am Curious @usmc60 How is the edge on you cent, pretty even and very thick? When I used to roll hunt on a daily basis. I would check the edges for evenly struck Lincolns.
Most of the 3 or so rolls are dated 2000. I found them odd and just stashed them away.

 

York and Clark ( Mail Away Firms ) may still do these but you would have to find them online first.

 

I still have the Brownie my Mom gave me and the first 110 I purchased. Kinda' nostalgic seeing them in my showcase along with a few working hand held transistor radios from the early 60's. And I still have two working GE tube radios I fire up every so often. I used to repair them for a hobby.

 

Thanks appreciate the advice. As someone mention the facial designs, 1999 to 2000 there was a design change. USMC60

 

Comparing the two 2000 pix, the one on the left appears to have very fat lips and the one on the right appears to have a cleft upper pallet with virtually no lip.

What year did he go from not having an arrow-shaped adam's apple to having one? When did he go from having a clean shaven neck to unshaven neck?

 

Good question...there have been so many changes over the years I cannot remember.

 

Nice pics by the way!

 

As far as the edges go I see no difference they all look standard to me.

 

I like to snap up 1970's vintage Canons and Nikons (and the odd Leica M3 or M4) for parts to keep a few working. Since my cerebral hemorrhage in '09, my hands (especially right) are only steady enough to fiddle with that stuff on really good days.

On bad days, I can barely take coins from a tube without dumping them in my lap.

 

Have a look and see what you think of these. The 2009 has a nice distinctive Beard. Next to him take a look at the 2010. This is the start of the shielded cents. The beard is not as pronounced, this is noticeable all the way up through 2016.

 

Good evening and how are you, Sir?

No doubt, I have some 15's and 16's where he is clean shaven except for a scruffy chin. Have you noticed which year the pointed throat appeared then disappeared?

 

That'll remind me not to grumble too much when the hardest thing I do during that day is roll out of bed, crawl to the coffee pot and then commode to go wait for my coffee to brew. Doesn't happen often and I'll try to be a better sport about it when that weather all but puts me down. Hope your condition improves.

 

The design used starting in 2010 was intended to be a return to Brenner's original. If they succeeded or not is open to debate.

Lomography still sells it (126 as well) and if memory suits me, they've a "finder" type webpage where one can search out labs close to them for developing. Of course just Googling will likely accomplish the same.

 

Thanks for your come back. Here's a pic of the same coin. This one is with a straight on view. One thing I've noticed from 2010 to 2016 these cents tend to have a 2-D effect depending on the way you look at them. Definitely some kind of the design change.

As far as the 41-year-old 110 film, haven't done anything with it in 41 years I don't think I'm going to do anything with it just would be a waste of money. But thank you all for your input. I look at it this way the good old camera stores are like the payphones few and far in between. USMC60

 

You'd be amazed how quickly "woe is me" turns into gallows humor about the whole deal. I came through some dark times getting used to the fact I'll never make a full right hand recovery, but with some help, and being shown what the outcome would have been with the medicine of just a few years earlier (NOT good), I manage to stay positive MOST days. Physical fatigue can get me in a foul mood though.

 

I've read some amazing things about stem cell performed in India and Mexico.... kinda scary but.........

 

There are some great photos in this thread but just be aware of how the angle that the coin is relative to the sensor plane can have a inpact on how the design looks and how one part of the design relates to another.
These pics are of the same coin with the second in each line the coin was on an angle . I just moved the line for each setof pics. As you can see an angled coin can change the way a coin looks in a pic.
attachment-19 by stoneman227, on Flickr
attachment-15 by stoneman227, on Flickr
attachment-20_20170303074614720 by stoneman227, on Flickr

 

Compare the surface finishes with very high magnification, 80-200X, of earlier and later zinkers.

Consciously make an effort to note any spots that appear to be electro-static discharge on the finished surface.

Toss in a few proofs for kicks and grins.

Does this notable change result due to the dies being made with some amazing cnc machining that leaves that textured finish, the plating procedure or a combination of both?

The surface geometry of the dies, whose cutting edges seemingly do not cut thru soft plating upon their violent single impacts to the planchet, is quite an amazing feat of engineering and machining even if plated twice.

 

What's the scary part? India and Mexico per se?