It's a pretty good picture not a bad coin these coins tonight are just popping up one after another there really nice coins and could be theme major doubled die reverse ever body talk about.
the ONE and CEN has what looks like machine doubling - flat and shelf like. Unfortunately also called 'worthless doubling'. It's either that or perhaps a reflection. Hard to tell...
There's several sites where you can check for Doubled Die coins: 1) variety vista.com 2) doubleddie.com Here's a few photos of what you should be looking for on 1983 Lincoln Cents:
Thanks for the help now that helps me I'm sure that is the real deal I heard or read. That there is two or three different varieties of the doubled die reverse for the 83
Post 1982 Zincoln's (Lincoln's) have numerous issues and anomalies but very few noticeable errors. There are a few so keep up the good search, good luck.
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