Neither am I. But if it is a proof strike on a business strike die wouldn't that be rare aswell?
Is it possible the used the matte proof die on a business strike planchette? Explaining my coin or is it just one of the first coins struck on a...
I agree my coin does not have that razor edge but I wanna know why my coin's obverse is detailed like a matte proof and no other coin I have ever...
you tell me
I looked at the edge of that coin and that's what mine looks like a 90 degree angle with a slight rounded edge. No bevel like an ordinary business...
I just looked at an uncirculated 1934 penny and the edge was considerably rounded much more then the 1917 I have which you can only tell it has...
Is it possible that the proof die was struck on a regular planchette? Making the coin have a proof obverse with a slightly rounded edge?
Does anyone have a picture of the edge of an authentic matte proof?
I am second guessing now I looked at the edges of the coin and they look slightly rounded. I am still having it graded but after looking at the...
See those pictures of the edge the edges look rounded mine appear to be straight with a 90 degree angle.
We will see on Friday I have the coin I compared it to all the 1917 on here even the PCGS ms64 and my coin has more detail without a doubt. Like I...
I just looked at those Lincoln's you posted beautiful coins but still my coin has more detail similar to the matte proofs.
Very unlikely that my 1917 is a matte proof like I said maybe a 1% chance. But I am getting it graded by NGC on Friday in Baltimore. Odds are it's...
Well it would be the rarest Lincoln penny. Funny because I asked a dealer I know who is in his seventies and has been a coin dealer since the...
Explain to me about this obverse die your talking about I have been collecting coins for 24 years but I am by no means an expert on Lincoln...
Who's coin are you referring to?
My question is if it was a matte proof what would it be worth? 100 dollars, 1000 dollars, or even 10000 dollars? Can anyone give an estimate would...
I compared my 1917 to the picture you posted of your 1917 and my coin has much more detail on the obverse. It looks more like the picture of the...
See my 1917 has a lot more detail in the hair and beard and a deeper temple on Lincoln's head, typical of a matte proof. The coin looks like it...
so basically if it grades PR DETAILS CLEANED OR PR60 by NGC its a matte proof right they don't put the letter m on the slab right.
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