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2005 Proof

 

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How abot the 2017? It's the only year with the "P" Mint Mark. The Mint will take it off next year, they did it as a tip of the hat to the 225th anniversry of the mint.

 

2006 Proof

 

Think I can get a Top Pop on this $6.50 baby?

 

I am not sure I would call that a strike through, but, maybe slightly clipped. Cool find!

 

Appears that part of the rim got pushed over.

 

So a loose, filling?

 

2007 Proof

 

If the rim did get pushed over it would have been done as damage after the strike.

 

It looks like the coin had a tiny fin that got pushed over. It's not something that I have seen before.

 

I agree but I don't see it as raised, maybe @DysfunctionalVeteran could start a thread about it.

 

Beautiful !

 

Done and added another rim error Lincoln to the thread.

 

The Lincoln cent series was begun in 1909 to honor the centennial of his birth. Although the intention at the time was to have each design remain in use for 25 years, the wheat reverse ran for 50 years.

Here is a comparison of the first and last wheat reverses. This is a business strike 1909 V.D.B and a proof 1958.


The Lincoln Memorial reverse was introduced in 1959 to honor Lincoln's sesquicentennial year. Like the wheat ear design before it, the reverse remained stable for the full 50 years it was in use. Although there was a lengthy period when the proofs had almost no definition of the memorial steps, they eventually corrected this to produce a beautiful rendering of the Lincoln Memorial.

This shows the first and the last proof reverses, with 1959 at the left and 2008 on the right. (The hyperlinks refer back to my original posts of these years.)


2008 Proof

 

Awesome article!

 

I posted this coin over on the toned coin thread as well...1943D Steel Cent...

 

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the mint commissioned these four commemorative reverses.

2009 Proofs
Birth and Childhood


Formative Years


Professional Life


Presidency