I thought this looked strange to me so i looked around and I'm almost sure this is a toupee Lincoln,I checked all the markets from some other pics.I know my pics suck.I can take from different angles if needed.
Sorry here's the reverse. This was an ender that I just had to open because I put all my 2009s in flips.
I have not done any Denver coins from this series but all four of the "P" coins exhibit the "toupee" effect, some very prominent, some less so. Over polished die is my best guess. This one does have the effect.
So all of the plain 2009s COULD have this effect to one degree or another? Or do they All have it to one degree or another? Because I thought i found something cool.I looked at acouple of Ds and neither had anything that looked close to this. But 1 other plain had some of the effect,but none of my others.
Yes, all of the Philadelphia coins have it to one degree or another. It is especially prominent of the Formative Years "P" coins and has a complete separation quite high off the top of the head. I can't speak for any Denver coins as I have not done any bank boxes of these but have done boxes of all the "P" coins and I have not encountered any "D" in circulation. Finding one from circulation makes it seem special but when you have done thousands of each different of these it becomes a little more normal, so to speak. But you caught one!
Your photos, particularly that in post 2, show what strongly resembles the result of excessive die polishing. This can often be found inside the ears or eye sockets (your coin appears to display some of the latter as well). As an aside, grab a 2010 or newer cent and compare Lincoln's effigy to that of the 09. The design on late memorial cents had become a caricature - although fitting considering the man - so the desire was to return to something more resembling Brenner's original.
This is also an area where minor die cracks tend to appear, so I would imagine a lot of polishing was done to extend the life of the die.
True, and although said cracks usually seem to appear on the high points of such coins (low points on the die), considering how common it is this very well may be the case.
Thanks alot guys,always learn something cool.out of maybe 15 2009s I've found I only have 2 from the Denver mint.
This is the picture I used as reference. I thought it was an error coin. If they all have this how is it an error? I'm sorry I'm ignorant about this subject.
They do not all have it, just those at a later die stage when the die develops a problem. Kind of hard to make comparisons if you do not run across a lot of the same year/mint mark. The die polishing, when it happened, how much polishing, different dies will make a difference. It may be more subdued on one die and much more prominent on another.
I see thank you for clearing that up.when I asked if they ALL had this problem I guess we got mixed up somewhere. But it's interesting how they will try to squeeze every last coin out of a die huh.
