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Message:: [QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2106054, member: 17665"]It's always hard to tell folks when they do not have something good in hand. But it looks like you might have gotten a USB scope looking at these pics ( I did look at all of them) and when you first start using one you will see all sorts of things that do not look right. The best thing to do is try and find a Uncirculated match of your coin in a photo online and do a comparison between the two. For instance, what you are pointing out in the hair area is simply part of the design, and when these coins have been circulated forever parts of the design are lost, moved around from hard use, banged up from being used in vending machines, etc. It even makes them appear to look like errors. Wheat pennies were notorious for poor details, banged around in Mint bags and totes, etc. The letters were nearly always mushy unless they were some of the first to come off the press. Dies were over used to save money before they were taken out of production because they were so much more expensive then than now. None of this is said to discourage you, only to help. I hope you understand that and don't get riled. Eventually you will hit a good one, but like all of us roll searchers, sometimes it can take a long time and thousands of coins before we hit something good.[/QUOTE]