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Message:: [QUOTE="Shoewrecky, post: 902969, member: 22350"]For those of you that don't get the weekly issue of Coin World, on this weeks mag. on pg 44 it states there is a new fake type DDO found in the New Bay Area. Bits and pieces taken from the article by Michael Fahey senior numisatist at ANACS "Most of the obverse and reverse diagnostics of a genuine 1955 Lincoln, the exception is the lack of the extended "X" of the die polish under the left crossbar of the letter "T" in cent." All of the finer detials that appear on a genuine 55 have been reproduced. They believe the countfeiters have originated these cents in Northern california. if you believe that you may received a coin from the Bay Area, look for the fine striations found on the edge of a genuine U.S. coin. These striations are caused by a metal flow either from the blank-punching operation or when the struck coin is ejected from the minting press.Cents and 5 cents pieces are examples of coins with smooth edges which make these fine lines show much easier then coins with reeded edges. On the counterfeit it will show an even microspocially porous texture that is usually identical to the obverse and reverse surfaces. compare this to a 55 UNC cent so you can familarize yourself with the edge. it goes on to state that if you locate on and unsure if it's real you should pay to get it graded.  I am sure pictures would however I am SOL in that department. -Shrek[/QUOTE]