I don't grade these but it's nice just the way it is, so do not clean it.
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What? Local pick up in Dubai? LMBO.
Woopsie. Did not mean to complicate things. Sorry Doug. I corrected it Mr. P.
In addition to the feeder finger marks, I see what appears to be a die crack and a ridge line forming. So, I'm at die deterioration with the rest...
Not to worry, you will be gone shortly weather you like it or not. We have youngsters here and you are way out of line. Care to bury yourself even...
Perhaps some environmental factor going on? Were any test pieces done in a different composition? Don't know, just throwing that out there.
He's not being rude, just re-stating a fact. Your first pic was enough to come to a conclusion. Of which I agree.
I see some feeder finger marks in the open fields.
I tried to scan an example from Bart's catalog but my scanner refused the operation. He calls it a missing face print. His example from a 1993...
I know Fred Bart at Executive Currency would buy this in a second.
@mpcusa @SteveInTampa ?? Missing a stage in the printing but not sure which.
I'm with a lot control number.
Most of the 4's without doubling look much like the example in the third photo above. But there are differences in the other 3 digits also in a...
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No, and usually other numerals are also doubled at the same time on these. The four is a very sloppy digit on these and sometimes mimics the real...
Listia has several copies for sale including 1877 & 1875. They do NOT have the word copy on them. Caveat emptor.
Nice and quite worthy of it's moniker.
Not seeing anything out of place. But the Lincoln cent design obverse has been re-tooled many times over it's long history, some for the better,...
Yes these were fraught with cracks. Upper left and bottom left and right of memorial. Possibly something to do with getting the striking pressure...
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