While going through my Lincoln cents I happened to notice one that looked slightly different from the other's. I currently have five 1976 cents, four from Philadelphia, one from Denver but one of the Philadelphia cents has a smaller but sharper obverse image, lettering and date. Upon closer inspection, there are a few noticable differences. His smile has more of an upward curvature with deeper smile lines through the cheeks and more definition to the lips. The eye also has a softer tone to it that accompanies the smile instead of the dead like stare. The curvature of the shoulder isn't as sharp and the nose has more of a point to it. Has anyone else ever come across one of these and if so is it worth sending it out to be graded?
For 1976, there were 4.6 billion Philly and 4.2 billion Denver pennies struck by the US Mint. How many of those coins do you think were worn a bit from circulation? How may dies do you think were used to strike all of them? Do you think that all of the die pairs used the exact same amount of pressure in striking? There are numerous factors that may have caused minute differences in the striking of those billions of coins. ~ Chris
Without photos (posted FULL IMAGE) your question is like asking a blind man to describe an elephant by only touching the trunk. LOL Welcome to CT BTW.
I apologize I will post some pictures tonight after Im done working. If anyone is knowledgeable about jeffersons I would really appreciate your assistance in identifying a 1986p I received today. Specifically what type of planchet it is struck on. It weighs 5.10 grams but looks like it was struck on a clad planchet it looks identical to the 1987p struck on a clad planchet. I will also post pictures of that one.
The average nickel weight is 5.0 grams. 5.10 grams would be within the weight tolerance. Weight variations are also dependent on your scale accuracy.
Thanks danomite. Ok, first I will address the original post for this thread. Due to my own stupidity and lack of sleep I didn't realize the two lincolns were made in different mints until I set the coins out to take a picture last night. Next, I have attached a few photos of different coins I have come across this week that I think are worth sharing and a few I could use a second opinion on.
Here are the other pictures. The first three are images of a 1951 Lincoln which looks to have a floating roof and it also looks like there might be some type of error or doubling on the word trust. I believe it to be die doubling but I am very new to the numismatic world.
This one is my favorite finds this week. This is my Iberty Lincoln. These are images of a 1991 Lincoln. I need help identifying what the marks are above each letter in the word United on the reverse but check out the obverse!! This must be due to a clogged die. The date is very thin especially the last 1. IN GOD WE TRUST is also thinned out but my favorite part is the word LIBERTY. The entire word was very well struck with the exception of the L. It does not show any markings of the L ever being present.
And my last one, Im not quite sure how this occurred. This is a 1969 D Lincoln. If you look at the word TRUST the letters reduce in size towards the end especially the last T. It looks like the T they used to make LIBERTY.
