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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 578090, member: 6229"]<font size="5">This Post attempts to show you the difference between the 1960 Large Date and Small Date Cents in circulation (business) strikes.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Photos are courtesy of coinpage.com.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">The reason for the different sizes of the date as per the mint: </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">"</font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">The Mint was having trouble with the digits of the date chipping on the dies, (especially the zero), so the Mint made a new master die in mid-year." </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>NOTE: </b>"The last time the U.S. Mint is believed to have changed the master tools in mid-year for the Lincoln Cent BEFORE 1960 was back in 1909, when they removed the V.D.B. from the reverse!"</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's the 1960 Philadelphia Small Date (coinpage):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3664.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3664.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3664.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's the Denver Mint Small Date (coinpage):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6398.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6398.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6398.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">As you can tell by the photos it's much easier to see the difference under magnification (most obvious are the lengths of the 9s and 6s)</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">There are four other 1960 Lincoln Cent consideratiuons to make.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Consideration 1) 1960-D/D (photo courtesy of icollector.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.icollector.com/images/1158/14683/14683_0487_2_lg.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.icollector.com/images/1158/14683/14683_0487_2_lg.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.icollector.com/images/1158/14683/14683_0487_2_lg.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Considerations 2 and 3) 1960 overdates (photo and text courtesy of scvhistory.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg070205-coins.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg070205-coins.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg070205-coins.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Proof sets, of 1960, contain either a small or a large date Cent and even a few proof sets contain overdates (no photo).</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Hope you enjoyed...</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 578090, member: 6229"][SIZE=5]This Post attempts to show you the difference between the 1960 Large Date and Small Date Cents in circulation (business) strikes.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Photos are courtesy of coinpage.com.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The reason for the different sizes of the date as per the mint: [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]"[/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]The Mint was having trouble with the digits of the date chipping on the dies, (especially the zero), so the Mint made a new master die in mid-year." [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][B]NOTE: [/B]"The last time the U.S. Mint is believed to have changed the master tools in mid-year for the Lincoln Cent BEFORE 1960 was back in 1909, when they removed the V.D.B. from the reverse!"[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's the 1960 Philadelphia Small Date (coinpage):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3664.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's the Denver Mint Small Date (coinpage):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6398.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]As you can tell by the photos it's much easier to see the difference under magnification (most obvious are the lengths of the 9s and 6s)[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]There are four other 1960 Lincoln Cent consideratiuons to make.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Consideration 1) 1960-D/D (photo courtesy of icollector.com):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.icollector.com/images/1158/14683/14683_0487_2_lg.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Considerations 2 and 3) 1960 overdates (photo and text courtesy of scvhistory.com):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg070205-coins.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Proof sets, of 1960, contain either a small or a large date Cent and even a few proof sets contain overdates (no photo).[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Hope you enjoyed...[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Clinker[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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