PF66 BR - but I find this to be the perfect Lincoln cent.
I’m not making a joke, but you will end up with the same verdigris, but it will be cleaner. This might actually be of use before applying...
Good information. I should have said “earlier” because I was trying to indicated a relative timing, not an absolute time during the year. The...
I forgot about this one. Only 912 of these proofs were made. [ATTACH]
Then we can deduce this sequence, using my three cents. Early in the year the SVDB was produced using four obverse dies and an unknown number of...
19th century and early 20th century proofs seem to be cheaper than I would expect given their low mintages and over a century of attrition. I...
Maybe somebody released it back to the wild just so you could find it again!
It does seem odd that any VDB cent, struck only at the beginning of the year, could be paired with a “sharp N” reverse, which would not have...
I really like these early Lincolns! [ATTACH]
New acquisition. I keep looking for the right 1918 but I can't seem to get just the right one. This one can go in the album because the glossy...
It’s so cold here today that Lincoln can see his breath. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Ideally there would be a pile of Roman coins in front of the badger.
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Thanks for the clarification. I went back and modified my post above.
Another thread that I read yesterday has some pictures of coins with rim burrs. The planchet itself might have a rough edge from being punched out...
I’m still stuck back at the beginning. Why would you even want to clean this? It’s really worn, so it’s not going to look like anything other...
Here’s my two cents worth… [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The red one is developing some silver toning on the cheek so it looks like wear, but the same...
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