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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ray4225, post: 691219, member: 20595&quot;]Looked at Texmech&#039;s picture of a 1941 Lincoln with a <i>slanted</i> 1 (which also appears to be almost touching the 4). Lined it up against my scan (attached) of a &#039;41 which I found while hand counting my wheat pennies. Mine has been damaged by a punch or a BB on the rear which caused a small bump on Lincoln&#039;s cheek. Said bump did not seem to have caused any distortion in the date area. The coin does not appear to be bent in any way and the small gouge in the rim didn&#039;t appear to have any impact on the date area. My eyes are not what they used to be but, for all intents and purposes, the date areas looked virtually identical, at least to me. I got the penny in PA. Texmech is in TX. As far as I know, I got this penny 40-45 years ago. <b>IF</b> they are the same, what are the chances of a counting machine or any other post-mint damage creating this distortion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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