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Message:: [QUOTE="BoldGold, post: 3964817, member: 109440"]I have just got my son into coins and we found this very odd 1958 Lincoln Cent is some change his grandfather gave him. It appears to be a 1958 Lincoln Cent with some die clashing of some kind. There are weird very faint letters on the field and possible doubling of some kind on the legend, especially noticable on "Liberty" and the 2nd T in "Trust", as well as the date. I think the doubling may just be MD, but I don't trust my eyes anymore. Attached are some pics and some close ups of the weird lettering. Do you see what I see? It also has some vertical lines just beneath "In" on the obverse, NW area. It almost looks like the steps from the reverse, or even some kind of imprint from a newer shield penny? Not sure how that would even be possible. What's odd is that they are not reverse letters like I would expect if it was somehow imprinted from another coin. The "ES" just to the right of the dark spot near his shoulder and the "G" just north of that are what first caught my eye. Then I started seeing other letters and numbers as well. I think I see "Trust" or "Just" upside down, across his nose too, but it is very small. I also seesa "GL" upside down, just behind his eye, clear as day. I going crazy? Any thoughts? [ATTACH=full]1043971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1043972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1043973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1043975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]