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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3518580, member: 77814&quot;]In 1969 the US MINT introduced a new design of the US Cent. The overall design theme didn’t change but all the dies and hubs wore out of the previous design, which were originally made in 1916.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in short, the 1916 master hub they used to make master dies, which are used to make working hubs, which are used to make working dies for all those years, all wore out. Thus 1968 was the last year before the re-mastered Abe Lincoln US Cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for the run up to 1968 cents expect to see a lot of coins as the result of worn dies.&nbsp; From Master Hub/Die overuse, the lettering encroached up against the rim, was common for that era. The master hub was mushing and spreading really badly.&nbsp; As the hub spreads out the lettering moves further and further out from the center. Then when they would turn the dies down to the proper diameter the lettering was crowding into the rim. In 1969 they finally junked the old master die and created a brand new one with lower relief, smaller bust, and the lettering moved in closer to the center.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main difference was they created more space around the inside of the rim, thus everything was affected such as:</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; IN GOD WE TRUST was moved inwards</p><p>·&nbsp; LIBERTY was moved inwards</p><p>·&nbsp; The DATE was moved inwards</p><p>·&nbsp; The BUST was moved inwards and visually decreased in overall size.</p><p>·&nbsp; The same for the REVERSE</p><p><br /></p><p>someone has posted this pic in the past comparing the two.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]934240[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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