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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HappyCoins, post: 1733814, member: 54527&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Tahoma">1956 Lincoln Cent was caused by an over-used die being polished at the mint what&#039;s worth please?</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Tahoma"></font></span>[ATTACH]271527.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]271528.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]271529.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>i found this one in a different web site look like a same they say:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma">Most over-polished dies come from the Denver Mint in Colorado and most of the examples are missing part of the coin&#039;s normal design. They also display &quot;abraided&quot; die characteristics (from over-use) because these Mint Errors were the result of the Denver Mint, extended the life of the working die, to save money.</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma">So mint employees would file and polish the dies. Often, this resulted in some areas of the die to be poorly struck and missing certain parts of the coin&#039;s design.</font></font></span></p><p>[ATTACH]271530.vB[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma"><b>AG3&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G4&nbsp;&nbsp; VG8&nbsp; &nbsp; F12&nbsp; &nbsp; VF30&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; EF45&nbsp; &nbsp; AU55</b></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma">$250&nbsp; $299&nbsp; $345&nbsp; $431&nbsp; $1,265&nbsp; $2,070&nbsp; $2,450</font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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