n no making fun of the masons, I'm one
nice find, very low serial numbers, not sure on price, but I'd say more then market value, because of the low numbers
die chip, not much extra value
nice proof
could be cardboard-mylar, but there is plastic 2x2s too
check to see if its a DDR
heres some close up images of mine that i have...
no, don't do that, they'll just say altered surface, first need to send to a lincoln cent expert, Ken Potter comes to mind, then if he says...
could be improperly mixed alloy, heres one I have...
heres a couple of images of the " P " wish I could get closer...
thats no " P ", better yet, look at the size of that letter, it doesn't fix on the rim, or bigger then the orginal rim lettering
when I get back from the coin show next weekend, I'll update thread
I'm going to post two images of " IN " both are from the same coin, ones at 250x, and ones at 2400x, theres a big difference in appearance, thats...
ya, 250x just won't do it, heres my ike split serifs at 2400x [ATTACH]
looks better in hand, thats for sure, and I'm pretty good at spotting the doubling, the best part, I have other 81 the match up too
heres an image of the double ear lobe [ATTACH]
I wish my mircoscope could get better images of the split serifs, its all over the lettering, I'm going to bring it to the coin show next weekend...
You are right about that, look at the " S " that got tranferred between " GOD ", its from one of the other letters found on the coin [ATTACH]
Save the best for last, BU-condition, also looks like repunch Mint-Mark too...
I'd say MD, but, there is some double ear errors for that year
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