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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrjason71, post: 2932867, member: 90347&quot;]I know this is a longshot but thought Id put it out there and get a more definitive opinion. Ive had this coin a long time. I just learned that there were matte proofs made the first handful of years of the series. This cent has always looked peculiar to me and I was looking at it the other day and I thought maybe this is whats weird about it. There&#039;s probably someone every other day thinking they have one so forgive me. I read up on the diagnostics a little. I believe there are two die varieties. The first has a diagnostic (die scratch?) running down along the nose and the second has a &quot;claw&quot; shaped diagnostic in the field to the right of Lincoln. The site I was on no longer had the pics available so I dont know exactly what the claw looks like. This cent definitely has something that could be considered claw-like in the field...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to remove it from its holder and get a better look at the rims but looking through the holder, they seem to be pretty pronounced. Finally, sorry about the pics. Hope they are good enough to make a call. One thing I could not capture is how satin-y it looks. Could just be a ton of scratches but the legends and Lincoln (is he a legend or what?) have nowhere near the frequency of &quot;dings&quot;. The legends being higher than the fields, you would think they would be equally or more greatly &quot;nicked up&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any thoughts and please let me down gently <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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