The sample aluminium cents were no doubt made with special dies and the setup would be different than with copper cents. Expecting a similar...
Damage for sure.
No.
You've never seen it because it's a load of crap.
So what's your point. The mint didn't make it. You can buy silver bars. Problem is it doesn't appear to be silver.
Looks like a six to me.
Filled mint marks are actually the center post of the letter being broke off.
Looks like toning to me.
And you really should start your own post instead of hijacking someone elses.
It looks like copper plating so I think it's a bubble.
Pictures would help.
Compare it to another Lincoln. The "bays" are too tall and wide to be the memorial.
That doesn't appear to be a Lincoln cent.
You'v said that before Jim and that's just not true. Doubling on the strike is md. Everyone knows that. The mint said it wasn't possible, but it...
I'v never tried dish soap soup before.
I'm sorry, but that's definitely glue. The light shining through it makes it appear to be metal, but I've seen this a thousand times.
No, not that one.
It's not a dent. The zinc has corroded under the plating and that area is sinking.
And since it's a 2017, it's not a LMC.
Zinc rot.
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