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<p>[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 788589, member: 5629"]I have no problem with raw coins, and no return is between you and the seller. If you are going to buy this coin, or any coin, you should know what you are looking at and have at least some knowledge in what you are thinking of purchasing. Lincoln cents are not my expertise, but looking at that coin, the '2' in the date just jumps out. Something does not seem right about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the '2' on the 1992-D LMC I have seen are shorter than the '1'. It appears, by sight, that the '2' and '1' are the same length. The neck on the '2' seems to be too long, IMO, from what I have seen on most of the 1992-D LMCs I have personally seen. The front base of the '2' also appears to be too "boxy", whereas most of the '2's I have seen on these is more curved and flows into the base. The front curve of the '2' on most of the 1992-D LMCs I have handled usually ends further west of the base of the '2'. This particular coin seems to have a base and and front curve that are even.</p><p><br /></p><p>And would not buy the coin and would personally suspect that it is possibly not authentic. RDV-007 (the close AM) began in 1993, so the possibility is there that a 1993 could be tooled, though such suspicions could only be validated by actually seeing the coin in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 788589, member: 5629"]I have no problem with raw coins, and no return is between you and the seller. If you are going to buy this coin, or any coin, you should know what you are looking at and have at least some knowledge in what you are thinking of purchasing. Lincoln cents are not my expertise, but looking at that coin, the '2' in the date just jumps out. Something does not seem right about it. Most of the '2' on the 1992-D LMC I have seen are shorter than the '1'. It appears, by sight, that the '2' and '1' are the same length. The neck on the '2' seems to be too long, IMO, from what I have seen on most of the 1992-D LMCs I have personally seen. The front base of the '2' also appears to be too "boxy", whereas most of the '2's I have seen on these is more curved and flows into the base. The front curve of the '2' on most of the 1992-D LMCs I have handled usually ends further west of the base of the '2'. This particular coin seems to have a base and and front curve that are even. And would not buy the coin and would personally suspect that it is possibly not authentic. RDV-007 (the close AM) began in 1993, so the possibility is there that a 1993 could be tooled, though such suspicions could only be validated by actually seeing the coin in hand.[/QUOTE]
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