How To Tell Business Strike Cents From Matte Proof Cents?

If proof you has a good beer for 3-4K.

Well the 1916 coins were special business strike coins. All the designs that year, had more enhancements on them. Even Dimes and quarters. Probably the last year they really cared about the designs. I have a 1916 Cent that had a great strike, but found out later they all had a better set of dies that year.
Matte Proof for 1916:


Note these rims on these matte proofs. They are almost square.

Here is the great strike on a Business strike cent:





Great strike on this years cents.
The nickels also were great strike coins:

The dimes were also a better design for that year:
Change over year from the Barber design:

To the Mercury Series:






The quarters started a new design that year:



The Halves also were switching the design that year also:


Toned in the right spot:

The coins that year, just had the look.

CoopHome : Why was 1916 a special year at the mint? The change over of designs away from the Barber designs.

I've seen images of the hub process. It looks real heavy duty:

The hub makes the dies. Its not so many coins a second. It is a press that creates the dies. Later they are tapered to the correct size.

Grape - you really should stop making fun of @Silviosi - thought I read somewhere this was family friendly forum?

I'm 99% sure he understands I'm not trying to be mean. I've done my best to make that clear to him on an interpersonal level. Also, I know that if he really had an issue he'd have either come to me or one of the mods who would have contacted me. If it was a genuinely problematic behavior I would have stopped a while ago.

A good reference for Lincoln Cent matte proofs I use is: " Lincoln Cent Matte Proofs" by Kevin Flynn, 2009, with extensive contributions and bibliography. Another reference: "Matte Proof Lincoln Cents 1909-1917", by Leonard Albrecht, 1983.

After 40 years collecting Lincoln Cents, I'm still a student of the series, learning new information regularly. There's always new information! The Lincoln Cent, being the most enduring coin series in U.S. history, is a humbling topic.

Regarding multiple striking of Lincoln Cent matte proofs - I haven't seen definitive records. Multiple striking may well have been the practice. I just don't know. Reference pp. 18 -20 " Lincoln Cent Matte Proof Striking Characteristics", with the Flynn text. Striking pressures, die preparation, planchet heating, collar placement etc. are all discussed. I find no mention of multiple striking. But that doesn't mean it wasn't the practice. Absence of evidence doesn't mean evidence of absence!

Regarding the recent posting of the 1916 Lincoln Cent - refer to Flynn, pp. 19, 61-2, 90-1. The 1916 cent is generally found with the spectacular strikes, exhibiting full device and beard detail - some of the 1916 business strikes almost rival the matte proofs. Much improvement over the quality of the immediately preceding years. The 1916 cent is first in strong striking characteristics of the matte proofs. Maybe the Philadelphia mint upgraded the dies and upped the hydraulic striking pressures for the 1916 cent? The die diagnostics with the 1916 matte proof cent are subtle and I couldn't identify any clues from the posted photo. Profession certification is essential.

Satin Finish coins are not the same as a Mattte proof:
Seeing them side by side with the normal/proof examples will help us to determine the differences:
2009-D LP series, the 3 finishes:





2007 Jefferson nickel 3 finishes:

Dimes:

Quarters:

Halves:

Dollars:
2005-D Sac Satin Finish Dollars SP-68:


2005-P Sac Satin Finish Dollars SP-68:


So these are struck with The three finishes. The Business strikes are normal examples, the Satin finish have a duller look to them and the Proofs are double struck coins.

CoopHome : What are satin coins, and where are they found?