Can you provide links? I only see one for sale and it has both....
The inside rims also need to be sharp 90º angles. Yours are not. Check for a bunch of long die scratches in front of the nose.
The inside edges are not 90º sharp they are beveled. This coin has plenty of detail that if it were a proof the diagnostics would be visible. Try...
My first one had spots on both sides. After emailing D.Carr he told me to send it back for either a refund or replacement. Are you kidding...
Someone just got exposed..
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It wouldn't hurt to get a copy of Leonard Albrecht's publication "Matte Proof Lincoln Cents 1909-1917" from 1983. That is if you can find it. They...
Is that Obverse/Reverse dies #1?
Ahh!! Stupid cursor. I didn't even notice that. I'll have to do a better "Where's Waldo" hunt for that next time. Thank you. :hungover:
Deefree is right on the money..
:) That's why I put them in circles around the markers in the first photo. Sorry if you can't make 'em out.
Larry, if you want to have someone to look at that will offer an unbiased professional examination, why not contact Kevin Flynn?
All known VDB's have these two markers. There are more, I've just only done these so far. A die scratch from the shoulder to the field toward the...
The way I'm reading is this is Obverse die #3, with the possibility that die #2 coins were caught and taken out of the population. It looks like...
What exactly are you wanting to see? Do you want to see several VDB's with matching diagnostics? Post #89 shows a diagnostic from 7 or 8 coins.
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