I Like Posting Lincoln Cents, How About You?

From my Lincoln cent collection

Here is a 1914-D.

 

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This should be the last Lincoln cent photo from me today (unless I find another cool photo).

There are a lot of really nice Lincolns depicted in this thread. :smile

 

I now feel like I need to take more pics of my Lincolns. I find them difficult to capture the deep reds and tones. Doesn't help in partially color blind

 

I love this 1958!! Please contact me if you ever tire of it.

 

Bad images of a 64RB - I just got it back from CAC today and it has a new green Christmas Decoration!

 

These are the best pics without me tilting the camera sorry about the tilt. Pic 1 shows the detail but the mirror fields are lost in the flash. Pic 2 shows the fields more like they are coin in hand same for pic 3 reverse of coin. I'm sorry I don't know how to do a white balance. I'm using a uppermiddle quality digital camera.

 

So the one dealer may have been part to totally right. It's a shame the reverse kept it from getting a PL notation. Also yours looks to have some cartwheel effect mint luster to it. Mine has none on either side. Just high gloss mirrors that reflect anything in front of them. No markings indicating whizzing/polishing or dipping. Plating of some sort may be a distinct possibility. Other than that I'm at a loss.

 

Why do you think it's plated? The color looks right for a 1943. It's a great coin - I'd rather have good eye appeal on both sides than PL on one and so-so on the other.

 

I am almost certain that your coin is a reprocessed steel cent. When the steel cents lightly circulated they quickly became pretty ugly. Some people would then strip off of old dull and dark zinc coating and then re-plate the coins with new bright and shiny zinc. One way to spot a reprocessed cent is that the fields are not as smooth and often have a rough appearance. Reprocessed cents can sometimes look really nice, but numismatically they are worth very little.

 

Steel cents 1943 PDDSS

 

I did not know that. Thank you for the info!

 

Here's a nice 38-S RPM I picked out of a OBW roll (along with several more of its brothers...)

 

Here is my Lincoln

 

Nice BN MPL!!

 

How about something you don't see everyday. A reverse holdered rainbow toned Lincoln Memorial Cent.