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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shake, post: 222094, member: 8699&quot;]Over the weekend I found a 2000 Lincoln cent with what looked to me like a Spartan helmet on the reverse. Since I just saw &quot;300&quot; last week, I figured it might be my imagination, so I tried to see if I could find a coin that matches the faint image on mine. I did. The image matches up perfectly with the one of Leonidas on a .925 silver coin, part of a four coin set. I have a few pics to help illustrate what I&#039;m talking about. You may have to click back and forth between them a few times to see what I&#039;ve labeled. The arrows in one picture has numbers beside them as they are identifying points I have used; their descriptions are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. End of Leonidas&#039; nose shield on the helmet.</p><p>2. Top lip of Leonidas.</p><p>3.Center of his eye.</p><p>4.Part 1 of line going down his helmet.</p><p>5.Part 2 &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; .</p><p>6.Where his beard shows from the bottom of the helmet and meets the neck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture 1 is just the coin with arrows pointing at a few identifying checkpoints that are pretty visible.</p><p>The next pic is of the coin, the arrows, and the &quot;ghost&quot; of the Leonidas image on the back for visual comparison.</p><p>Then the last one is the picture with the arrows numbered for the descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I was wondering how an image like this can get on a coin? It is faint but it can still be picked out with the naked eye, so it kind of leaves me scratching my head. The obverse (not pictured) has a straight line that splits Lincoln&#039;s earlobe in half that matches the angle on the reverse of the Leonidas coin. I know the image looks very faint in the pics (best I could do) but live and in person you can see it plain as day. </p><p><br /></p><p>No matter how it got on there, it&#039;s still cool as hell to me, and I thought some of you folks might find it interesting too. Any info or opinions are appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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