Post your Lincolns!

Missing part L and I shaved off ???

 

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Ya'll should make sure. after upload file. click on the full size image.
thanks those looks like real nice Lincolns.

 

Die fatigue! I have not done enough research to know if they hand punched the last two digits of the date.

 

This is one of 38 MS 88d Lincolns, that I have pulled from a 50$ dollar bag of Lincoln's. Got a new hook up from a Bank. I imagine someone dumped an uncirculated roll. The other 37 are gem red.

 

I grabbed the one I gave an acetone dip. I didn't rinsed it very well.

 

I already posted this in a thread earlier but I love it so here's my S-VDB for the Lincoln board

 

I've not experimented with acetone and copper. I've read pro's and con's. Any advice as to what not to do.

 

Acetone will not hurt Copper at all, the cons are that if there is any corrosion, that was covered up. The acetone dip will most likely show it.

 

I wouldn't have took a pic of this if it wasn't PL. The color jumps off this cent.

 

Coin roll hunting 1970 S, small or large date?

 

The other side of the coin (coin collecting that is). I wonder how many of these are floating around.

 

Large date.

 

And here are the reasons why.
1970 S Small Date - The Lincoln Cent Resource

and the OP's

From the Lincoln Cent Resource site.

The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the 9. If the loop of the 9 bends sharply toward the 7, it is a small date. If the loop of the 9 is angled toward the top of the mintmark, it is a large date. The nine in the small date is also "wider" looking than the 9 in the large date.

Another way to tell the difference is the height of the 7. In the small date the top of the 7 is just about level with the 1,9 and 0. In the large date the top of the 7 is lower than the 1,9 and 0. Beware, this way can be very deceiving.

A third way to tell the difference is by looking at the word LIBERTY. In the small date the word LIBERTY is weak, especially the top of the E and Y. In the large date the word LIBERTY is struck well with no letters blending into the field. ​

 

I took some pictures and marked out where the diagnostics cite differences. The level of the 7 is hard to discern in these photos. But I think I can see it in hand.

And it's still hard for me to tell, but the 9's are clearly different.

Edit: I think one easy diagnostic was overlooked. The bottom of the 7 is even with the bottom of the zero on the small date, and is obviously lower on the large date.

 

Too many, classic chinese fake.

 

My Lincoln penny.1969(S) 1969(D) 1969.

 

Newest member of my birth year set

 

Have this beautiful 1942 ms66 brown coming in on Monday. Really enjoy hunting down these higher grade "brown" cents. Just waiting for this one to come in and then off too PCGS for a reslab along with another 6-7 more toners i need to be put in a secure slab and trueviewed