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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Neither am I. But if it is a proof strike on a business strike die wouldn't that be rare aswell?
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Is it possible the used the matte proof die on a business strike planchette? Explaining my coin or is it just one of the first coins struck on a...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    I agree my coin does not have that razor edge but I wanna know why my coin's obverse is detailed like a matte proof and no other coin I have ever...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    you tell me
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    I looked at the edge of that coin and that's what mine looks like a 90 degree angle with a slight rounded edge. No bevel like an ordinary business...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    I just looked at an uncirculated 1934 penny and the edge was considerably rounded much more then the 1917 I have which you can only tell it has...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Is it possible that the proof die was struck on a regular planchette? Making the coin have a proof obverse with a slightly rounded edge?
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Does anyone have a picture of the edge of an authentic matte proof?
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    I am second guessing now I looked at the edges of the coin and they look slightly rounded. I am still having it graded but after looking at the...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    See those pictures of the edge the edges look rounded mine appear to be straight with a 90 degree angle.
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    We will see on Friday I have the coin I compared it to all the 1917 on here even the PCGS ms64 and my coin has more detail without a doubt. Like I...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    I just looked at those Lincoln's you posted beautiful coins but still my coin has more detail similar to the matte proofs.
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Very unlikely that my 1917 is a matte proof like I said maybe a 1% chance. But I am getting it graded by NGC on Friday in Baltimore. Odds are it's...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Well it would be the rarest Lincoln penny. Funny because I asked a dealer I know who is in his seventies and has been a coin dealer since the...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 5, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1917 proof Lincoln??

    Explain to me about this obverse die your talking about I have been collecting coins for 24 years but I am by no means an expert on Lincoln...
    Post by: Mike Carr, Nov 5, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum