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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;snaz, post: 443117, member: 11315&quot;]an attempt at an educational topic</p><p><font size="5">&nbsp; Lincoln Cents</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln cents are one of the most commonly collected sets in muistmatics for many reasons.</p><p>- Several low mintage years make for difficult coins to find.</p><p>- Several of the earlier Wheats are weakly struck, therefor putting a nice premium on the strong struck.</p><p>- There are several, well known, RPM&#039;s (repunched mintmarks), OMMs (over mint marks), and many variety&#039;s to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets start with the early wheats adn show the comparison between a strong struck (bold) Lincoln cent, a worn Lincoln, and a weak struck Lincoln.</p><p>Most pictures courtesy of <a href="http://www.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com/" rel="nofollow">www.HA.com</a></p><p>Here is the Strong Struck 22 D</p><p>as you can see, all detail in the beard, cheeks, and hair are all visible, with a strong mintmark and lettering.</p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1922d_cent_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In situations with weak struck Lincolns you will find that the difference between that and worn cents are weak strikes will not have flat spots on detailed sections like a worn cent would, But a lack of detail will be present.</p><p>This one has been designated MS 63 by PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/weak22D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>on a worn cent you will notice flat spots on the high locations of the coin, such as this one designated XF 40 by PCGS</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/worn22D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is fairly common to find weak strikes on Lincolns from the teens and 20&#039;s. some well known weak strikes are, 24 D&#039;s, 26 S&#039;s, and the obvious 22 D. Finding these with a nice strike, a &quot;nice&quot; price is usually no where to be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Some well known Variety Lincolns would be the 1960 Small date/large date, the 55 DDO, and the 46 S inverted mint mark.</p><p>Pictures courtesy of <a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com" rel="nofollow">www.lincolncentresource.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For the small date you will notice a pointed 6 and a large gap between the numbers in the date as opposed to the large date variety, where there will be a smaller gap and blunt 6&#039;s</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1960smalldate-359x192.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1960largedate-345x193.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The inverted mint mark on the 46 is a little harder to notice due to the fact that an S looks like an S regardless which way its facing.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1946Sreg-408x288.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1946Sinv-407x285.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the 55 DDO is one of the most sought after Key coins in the series. The strong doubling on the date and motto is easily noticeable without a loupe.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1955_ddo_1-433x425.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/snaz101/1955ddodate-431x318.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this has sparked some interest in Lincolns for some of you. weather you want to collect high RED coins, or variety&#039;s Lincolns will keep you busy for quite some time.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Snaz[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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