1909-S Lincoln Cent

I understand, this could be nothing more than damage or ware. But I will admit I do enjoy the excitement of it. And a professional opinion would be good to have.

This is a tough call. I can see what looks like it could be a second punch that looks similar to an 002 but I am not convinced. I am far from an expert on these. Seal-can you post your overlay pics? Considering what the coin might be and the potential value, I believe I would take the recommendations of others and have one of the experts look at it; for me, it would be worth the fee to have that done.

It would be more helpful to have the full date and mint mark area in a closer shot. Sometimes when doing an overlay, with not all of these present, you can miss judge the mint mark location with just part of the devices present. Most of the time when I do an overlay, I look to align the date digits first. If they are not the same height, then that will affect the vertical location of the mint mark. (Sometimes images are taken tilted a bit too much, and the second image is taken flat. This will make the digits look taller (stretched). So when this happens, I have to try to adjust the height of the digits to get a match, then see where the mint marks position is in. that is why I will often make a side by side to show they are the same locations with the date digits and the mint marks.

The more I look at it, the more I am convinced that if there is a RPM present on this coin it is the #1 and not the number #2. The #2 mint mark is directly under the 0 of the date. Whereas this coin shows the mint mark slightly west of that.

Hope this is good enough.

So my eyes were not deceiving me?

Wow and love it when you do the grid too. Does the 0 and 2nd 9 seem to be different distances apart from each other also?

Check for a macro setting on your camera, it's usually a little flower symbol, that works best for ultra close ups. Or use a scanner if you have access to one, they usually have excellent zoom and enlargement resolution. Sometimes different light can help the camera focus better. A stand or such to hold the camera steady helps too.