Just cheat like I do and supplement the pics with a couple angled ones. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great pictures, I can tell those are more colorful than they look in the pictures. How many would mistakenly call that an AU coin? Thanks for...
More likely another filled die. Worn dies on Lincolns still produce the devices, they just tend to get wider and uglier. Missing device elements...
Die deterioration, quite common to the issue as the mint over-used the dies.
A 1958? UNREAL!
Not MA toning, oddly, there appears to be little toning near the rim, like something was slowing the toning 1-2mm around the rim to the fields....
Crocodile Dundee voice: "That's not a rainbow. This is a rainbow!" :p [ATTACH]
Just a grease filled reverse die. The lack of sufficient striking pressure caused the obverse design to not fully fill the die giving the portrait...
This is not an error coin, worth 1 cent, sorry.
Normal coin, no doubling.
MA, near terminal toning on the obverse....hard to fake.
MA - That's a beauty IMO.
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Yes, I don't see a space between them, they are very close.
Look at it this way, do the "ticks" warrant more than a 4 point deduction? At 4 points down from 70, I think the coin has already been penalized...
It's a beautiful example, other than the obverse field tick, which isn't that bad. I agree with the grade given - it probably has very strong eye...
Proofs are struck at greater pressures on pre-polished planchets with fresh, highly polished dies. That process tended to smooth out the surfaces...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That's a rainbow toner! Get those colors popping on your camera! [ATTACH]
Had to go check mine, I think you win! Your strike is better, I'd like to see better pictures of yours. Mine has mirror surfaces: [ATTACH]...
Hell yes! That's what I'm talking about finding! VERY NICE EXAMPLE!
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