My bank had a similar policy, but I assured them that a small discrepancy was not a matter of concern for me. On the flip side, I try to ensure...
Agreed. It looks like the 1907 is inset a 1909 cent. A magician's coin.
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Coin 1. Better struck, earlier die state, fewer blemishes.
It’s close but hard to say for sure. If these were taken from a single bag and no other specimens were in it then you might have a more definitive...
I think that the closeup of EPU might have thrown us off the scent a bit. There is MD there for sure, so a case of leading the witness perhaps....
For what it's worth, the notch in the 1, the thick tail in the 9 and the stretched/thick features in the 4 and 5 were the tells for me.
Finding Doubled Dies gets easier when you know what to look for. This is a Class 6 Doubled Die. Read this first...but then read the other...
@Marie909 - There is a touch of surface verdigris on the obverse by the rim. You'll want to stabilize that. But don't clean it. Fun find worth...
I think that Marie's coin might have a ding on the MM, upper serif. But I think it's the 001 all around. VV, Wexler, and Coppercoins.
I'm going with 1945D-1MM-001. I think I can see one of the hairline cracks in your photo.
Coppercoins: http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1945&die_id=1945d1do001&die_state=mds
Maybe Wexler's 01 - http://doubleddie.com/723634.html
Looks a bit like this, but not exactly. http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%201/1945DDDO003.htm
You are looking at the wrong side of the coin. You have a DDO
Looks like a normal cent. Some Paredolia perhaps, but I'm not seeing that either.
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