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Hi All,
I have a roll of (what looks to me) BU 1958-D Lincoln cents. I'm going through them looking for varieties but I noticed something: although they're nice and shiny, most have weird spots on them. Does this indicate they were cleaned? I can't find anything anywhere on this. Any pointers?
Also, what are the best sites to see pictures of different Lincoln varieties?
Thanks!
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Re: Also, "what are the best sites to see pictures of different Lincoln varieties?" may I suggest coppercoins.com . It is run by charles daughtry a fellow member here.as for the spots it is beyond me .. so i'll shall not "go there". and let me say "Welcome aboard ,we hope you'll stick around" .
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Thanks, errorfinder... and for the welcome as well!  |
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Coppercoins has a TON of varieties on it (excellent site!). Are there any others? I have a couple with lines on Lincoln's vest that look the same, and a couple with what looks like extra metal hanging off the 1's in the date.
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Pillar of the Community
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if you can get photos you will get a better responce. there could be a thousand reasons for spots and lines
welcome and good luck
Gary
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I agree about the photos. Does it look like the roll is original bank wrap , or one that has been gone through and "compiled"? If it looks original, than more likely it was a part of the cleaning process in the mint before striking, rather than cleaning after.
Jim
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carbon spots? -64s  |
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I'm trying to get photos of both the spots and the hanging metal, and vest scratches. It's not a bank roll, it was in a plastic one (for collectors?). The spots remind me of oily residue you sometimes see on puddles or still water. Here are a couple I managed to get last night; I'm still trying to get the rest: A couple spots on this one, small piece of metal above the 9, plus the 5 and 8 have marks:  More spots on here, and is that a Cud to the left of Liberty?  Thanks!  |
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Here's more pictures.. you can see spots on most of these as well. 1. Scratches on the vest area directly next to a black dot (dot added to aid locating). I wouldn't have thought anything of it except there are two that have the exact same scratches:  2. Cud on lower rim? I thought Cuds were unique per coin, but this one is on 2 coins, same exact spot:  3. Letters look crunchy:  4. Metal on the I in LIBERTY. There are 2 with metal hanging from the 1 in the date the same way:  5. ST in TRUST squished. There are other coins I haven't taken pictures of with other letters that are squished - the TY in LIBERTY, etc.  Thanks for looking at these. Do these indicate varieties in and of themselves, or are they just used as markers when you have a double die to see which one it is? Edited by xshift
05/10/2008 2:25 pm
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the 4th one like it has a die gouged mint mark. I has a roll a lot clean that the one's you post I have earlier with the same type strike and I was told they we normal strikes by CC&FIR so what can I say? but the 4th one looks like a gouged M/M.
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Yes..thanks.. I kind of figured the strikes themselves were normal. I was more interested about how to tell varieties from these, and about the spots. A gouged mint mark is interesting, too |
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Posted 05/09/2008 11:23 am
