wondering about this cent. notic the scribed line around the device. any clues?

cleaned unc detail.

 

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Is that what it was graded? I'd say "strike doubling". You mean around the image of Lincoln's profile?

 

yes. its hard to see but its around the entire profile wit the exception of the bottom.
yes graded just posted its pic because i could see it nicely if downloaded and blown up. not so much loading it here.

 

I've seen this on other cents of this era, specifically 1942 when I was researching a PCGS "high relief" claim. If you zoom in really close on that second image, the "scribe line" is a lot of tiny micro blobs with some tiny breaks at transitions in the design (tip of nose, eyebrow for example). My theory is that they inscribed around the border on the hub to make the portrait "pop."