Learning more and more! Thanks!
Curious - how do you scuff the areas above and below CENT without leaving a mark on the raised lettering?
Didja ever notice how ya fix one thing and break two more?
It is interesting to see a group that shows the progression. Much better than seeing one in isolation.
This is what I learned from this thread. Check your coin immediately upon arrival against the seller's pictures. If it does not match, it does...
Here are the closest I can get. I took these at a sharper angle so only part of the coin is focused. Note that the wheat ears are sharp, so the...
Hey, @Markus1959, I do get your joke! Agreed: Do NOT Google the other thread's title under any circumstances. Especially if you are concerned...
These are the reasons I don't think it is whizzed, after all. the marks travel in just one direction, and the direction on the obverse exactly...
Yet, the marks travel in just one direction, and the direction on the obverse exactly complements the reverse. I started out thinking someone...
Oops, I did not mean to be rude. I cross-posted that it was in the other forum at the same time you were asking to see it. Here it is. Note the...
The obverse is also posted in the Post Your Lincolns forum.
Well said!
No, you are not! The coin is bright in hand with cartwheel luster, and has these striations that appear to be in the planchet. They run right into...
The three possibilities that occurred to me are that he meant to sell the coin he sent me for the posted price, but accidentally got the wrong...
I bought a 1924 Lincoln cent via eBay from a dealer I generally regard as OK. Today I was practicing with that coin to improve my photographic...
@SuperDave, I see some similarities between this 1924 and the 1926 you posted. On the reverse image, the grain goes in roughly the same...
Here is an entirely different kind of 1928. I tried to match the color as closely as possible to the coin in hand.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
As I thought about this, the question became harder. I have coins that have been said to be cleaned because they look like this. But if this is...
LOL. If I had thought to take a "Before" picture, you would have seen how cloudy it was. The seller's original pics were nice enough that I felt...
Thanks! Now that I have broken the ice, I won't be so timid. I may give it a bit more of a soak. I am working on a year set of Lincolns through...
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