I certainly hope you did too, but I don't think anybody's going to be able to congratulate you without a better pic, sorry.
Nice!..no mine don't look like that but I'd like to have one of those too. Looking at the pics on coppercoins.com I'd say thats a 008 http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1972&die_id=1972p1do008&die_state=mds I'm no expert though but it looks like the pics on there to me, and the one I have looks just like all the pics they have listed for the 004 i just can't seem to get good pics of it, actually trying to get some good pics of it right now, I'm pretty sure mine is the 004 but I want other opinions so I can be 100%
Try focusing your camera on macro mode through a magnifier, especially the "IN" in the IN GOD WE TRUST. I use those 2 letters for the -004. Jim
Now those look more like what I have, actually they look better. Mine seems to have more wear to it. In guessing from years of handling or whatever cause I found it in circulation. I think that's why I can't seem to take pics that do it justice and actually show what I see on it. Do you have other pics of those that you can post? I'd like to compare them to the one I have
if you look closely at the lettering there is ccw spread on mine as it is with the 004, off the top of head i believe the 007 has a ccw spread but it is only like 12 dollars. i am sure mine must be the cheapo's...just because that is my luck. anywho...if you look at the U in yours it appears to have a cw spread.