1911 S/S Lincoln Wheat Cent RPM-001, FS-501

Completely agree, those dies were incredible. Beautiful one, bats.

I concur with everyone. What an perfect example.

Well not all of them. One thing that helped to keep the look nicer was the wider rim on the outside edge of the coin. I discovered that this rim affected the dies differently on these years of coins than others. What was different? The die wear pattern on the date. We always see die wear on the side of the date devices showing the wear on the side of the devices facing the rim. But on these, It was the opposite side that was affected. What?





This had me wondering for years as to what caused this. But then it occurred to me what was different back then, was the wider rims causing the die wear pattern to be different.

CoopHome Die wear on the early Wheat Cents.

Thanks all! Sorry about busting you on this one Klocc but just too nice not to have a good go at it. I will submit it, just a question of which TPG. PCGS has been a pain of late with any minor thing but would certainly prefer they grade it. I tend to agree that if cleaned, it was done right and would fall into the characterization of conserved, not cleaned since it appears to show no altered color and no damage.

Very nice TB very nice congrats. Hey TB Will you Adopt me so I can have all them FINE coins when you go to that coin heaven in the sky

Well alrighty then it's settled new DAD what time is Dinner. I'm on my way home LOL. Knowing you you'll fall in a shallow pit and find some rare coins in that cave in Borneo

I love Gecko's BUT I would love a sack of GOLD much better