1987 D Lincoln Cent - Mystery # 9 O.o? (Cent)

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Mikes2Cents New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 03:38 am * Edited by Staff to Add Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * I gotta tell ya.. Occasionally I will bust out the microscope and to get that interesting number to really show itself can be seen at a x10 magnification but this was taken at x100. I have scoured the internet for a good month looking for any information on it and I haven't seen anything regarding it.. because it is so incredibly small and so much smaller than the MM. That is a very precise 9.. Edited by Mikes2Cents 09/16/2023 11:28 am Report this Post to the Staff

lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1655 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 04:17 am Just a small plating bubble that coincidentally looks like a 9. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 06:20 am It is a very precise 9, but it couldn't have come from the mint with that mark on it. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19107 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 07:53 am Is that feature raised, or sunken (incuse)? Beware Pareidolia... Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94584 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 1:40 pm Sure looks like a 9, but the mint didn't put it there. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73559 Posts	Posted 09/16/2023 11:52 pm Probably just a coincidental stain. Pareidolia. PMD. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 09/17/2023 12:51 am Pretty funny, it is pretty "precise"! Bubble, PMD or a stain. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Mikes2Cents New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 10/09/2023 5:06 pm So decided to pull this back out of the coin flip I had it in and took some more pictures with my new microscope.. It is pretty darn precise looking 9.. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6448 Posts	Posted 10/09/2023 6:15 pm At last, my diabolical plan to put tiny numbers on circulating coinage has borne fruit. Muahaha! It does look like a 9, but more likely it's just a tiny surface deformation of some kind. Have you tried rotating the coin relative to the light source and photographing from different angles? Report this Post to the Staff
jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 10/12/2023 3:25 pm Most of the time, a surface blemish will appear as nothing more than a blemish. Occasionally, the blemish will appear as a recognizable form of some sort. This is one of those times. It's like the well-known "Face on Mars": When taken by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1975, some people believed it to be an artifact from a long-lost Martian civilization. Scientists dismissed that theory as a simple trick of shadow and light. Our brains are always trying to assign meaning to random shapes and forms we see. It's like looking at the clouds--if we look long enough, we'll be able to see recognizable shapes such as a dog, cat or duck. (Or maybe even a face from a coin!) Edited by jpsned 10/12/2023 3:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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