Questions On Lincoln Memorials And Wheats For That Matter

Going to need pics

These are the coins I was curious about? I put obverse and reverse to show they were not zincolns. Both coins are at a slight angle so the top of the memorial building looks weaker on the left side. All I can tell you is both buildings are full at the top. The last photo of the 1976 reverse is actually more detailed than the first photo. It's the angle of the top. That's how the steps look.

There is no single answer for this. The steps vary for many reasons, mostly incomplete die filling and over-used hubs/dies. There have also been some changes/modifications of the master reverse hub over the decades.

For example, in 1980 they removed the fine detail from the steps, they became little more than a few bumps. 1985 marked the return of a fresh 19 step design. However, the master die was poorly made and working dies wore quickly and problems with the copper plating covered step detail on most coins.

The point is, to answer your question, you'll have to post a specific year and question.

The the 1979 & 1976 - you will never find these with full steps. The master reverse hub was cooked through the mid-late 70's and it produced horrible working hubs and dies with weak, muddled step detail.

I would trade my SVDB for a full, 19-step 1976 MS red coin!

My 1979 is one of the few years that has not made it into an Airtite for me. The reverse has some light toning and ghosting on the reverse. I'm still looking for a better one! This is a TOUGH year to find quality examples.

Trying to please the respectable members. Hey I did it, now I need to remember how I just did that. I don't want to lose coinfrog, hfjacinto and Tbop and mentors and especially BadThad. For sure I want to make John1 happy. Dang it, I typed too much and forgot how I did that. on to emojis

Hey did that also now back to learning coins!

Outstanding , now your officially one of the boys .