Post your Lincolns!

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Someone just got exposed..

 

The definition of a double die, as opposed to a machine doubled coin, is that the coin is made by a die that has doubling. That means that every blank struck with the doubled die will look the same. If the gentlemen thinks I copied his picture, that's his problem, not mine. I know I have a doubled die 1955 and that's what counts. He said he took the picture 11 years ago, how would I see that picture? This topic turned up on today's list and it's the first time I've posted to it. I did not go back over the previous 227 pages, I just responded to the title, "Post Your Lincoln Cents." Congratulations on having a doubled die 1955, you really should have had it graded by PCGS or NGC if you were going to have it graded.

 

+1

 

+1?

 

@TheMont I don't care if you use my images but would rather you did not say you own the coin.

 

The preceding discussion of the 1955 Doubled Die is surreal. I could understand some marks being transferred from the die to the coin and being the same on two coins. But you cannot have the same dirt spot under the shoulder and the same corrosion in LIB of LIBERTY on two different coins.

And as was also said, let's move on...

1985 Proof


1985 Business strikes

 

Found this 1926 during a recent search.

 

Hmmm.Getting hot in the kitchen?

 

1986 Proof


1986 Business strikes

 

1937S Another recent find.

 

1938S A few scratches, but nice chocolate color.

 

Thanks, Ron!

 

1987 Proof


1987 Business strikes

 

Cleaned but I still love the coin.

 

FS-104 DDO (not the bold one, but the rarest of the die pairings). Currently at PCGS.

 

The 1988 proof has smoother fields that are more like the proofs from the 1950's, or from today. The business strikes still look they are stamped onto cheap cardboard.

The 1988-D could use a good soak in acetone to see if the dirt spots will come off. Other than that, it has good detail and luster, even if the steps are still not sharp. The mint seems to have finally resolved its problems with blistering on the zinc-copper bonding.

1988 Proof


1988 Business strikes

 

The reverse of this 1989-S proof has a die crack that starts at the eleventh column of the Lincoln Memorial and runs under "oF" and right on through the rim. At the same time they have gotten decent steps for the first time in many years. Based on the lighting, you can either accentuate or hide the dimpling in the fields or the crack. I actually prefer to see both, so here are a couple of different photos.

The 1989-D exhibits the bubbling again. I guess I was wrong yesterday when I hoped the mint had put this behind them.



1989 Proof


1989 Business strikes

 

Ron, I like the explanations.