Another nice 68 Lincoln cent

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Nice one. Your photos are quite good too.
Did you get this in change?

 

Good job on pics, nice coin.
Dave

 

Thank you. Yeap. I was going through my grandpas bucket of Lincoln’s with him and came across this and a very nice 58 as well.

 

Thank you and thank you. I’m in love with Lincoln’s now lol

 

What are those little balls at the bottom of each letter in “GOD”

 

I’m sorry the other one was a 59

 

Nice looking coin and with a minor error to boot.

 

Where is the error? On the L.

 

Or in GOD?

 

Is the "minor error" you refer to the "little balls" in GOD? Is this a die deterioration result? Surely a mint employee didn't poke holes in the working die. How else could it have happened?

Nice coin and great pics.

Spark

 

Thank you.
Yes I thought those were very odd but didn’t think much of it. Yea what would that be considered and what causes it? Could it be a cud?

 

Cuds are attached to the rim, this would be a triple die gouge. The uniformity screams deliberate, but I will await expert input...Spark

 

Ok so cuds are specifically just on the rim got it. How would someone deliberately do that?

 

Cuds are the results of a broken die. You can read about them here.
http://cuds-on-coins.com/.

I find the three dots on your coin quite interesting, I too would say caused by Die Deterioration.
With that said, make me think it should be somewhat common. I have not seen this before, which is by no means a gauge for anything.

 

Right no I understand what you are saying but I find it very strange and probably very unlikely that the die would only be deteriorated in three areas and it just happens to be in the three letters of one word. And I’m not being a smart ass or know it all you are probably correct in your assumption it’s just that the coin is so pristine

 

Also you said you havnt seen another like it I havnt either(Ive been looking) not that it’s mean anything that I/we havnt seen one. But I was thinking as well how likely is it that they noticed deterioration after only one coin had been struck? But it’s hard to believe and impossible to think there is only one out there with these marks.

 

No one knows what it is. Must be super rare and expensive then heck yea lmfao

 

The dots in GOD. I'm not sure what they are but it's not PMD.

 

Either, Die deterioration and worn die on the obverse. Notice how close the letters are to the rim, that is due to the die elongating as it becomes overused. The "dots" are on the inner edge of the letters as the edges of the incluse ( on the die) letters start to chip off at the weaker areas.
....OR reflections of the light used. Jim