1997 Phantom D Penny With Poodle Image

Well....

I think this is kinda the same thing as cloud watching. Everyone sees something different. Also like the "face on Mars" that just turned out to be a rocky mountain. We always want to make faces on objects. That's why there are so many sitings of Jesus and Mary in stains on the carpet and dead trees.

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Clouds are not manmade. Pennies are.

I have to believe there's a certain amount of sarcasm going on here.

Just in case you're not actually joking...

The 'pictures' you are seeing are the result of light circulation and the dirt associated with that making the metal change colors every so slightly to produce stippling and the stuff you can evidently see on the coin. A few things...

If you use your imagination enough you can pick anything out of anything. That doesn't make it collectible as such.

You may want to concentrate on looking for coins that are much more obvious as being different from the norm. This stuff you're finding obviously took a really hard look and a lot of time - time wasted in my opinion.

Hi Honestabe

Welcome to the forum ,, While I agree with the others as to the nature of your coin The image of the poodle that your are seeing is likely a relic of the fingerprint and circulation of the coin, the Images are not clear enough to really define the D while I see something I cannot confirm or deny its existence.

Coppercoins is a well known expert on Cents and has to His credit a few books as well as an extensive website and photo gallery of many many Lincoln cents while being direct and to the point His opinions are always done with thought and knowledge .



as a side note I do not fill out applications to send emails !! If you want emails from the forum in connection with Business you initiate ,, then I suggest that you set your spam filter to accept them in the future .

Metalman

The phantom D is more clear in the 116.jpg picture. I can see a raised portion like an island below the date and when I turn the coin up to the light, I can see a Slight D bulging out of the island. Now, I found it by looking at the book,"Strike It Rich With Your Pocket Change", and it looks very similar to their picture in the book for a Phantom D coin. It is actually easier to see with the magnifying glass than to take a good photo of it, but I keep trying. I have had 2 people tell me they can see the poodle in the coin in the obverse picture. I took another photo this morning and I can still see it right below the tip of the nose. It is a white poodle with black eyes and black nose and snout and ears. Maybe you can see its legs. You have to elarge it to see it, but not too much or it becomes pixelated. I cannot see the poodle with my magnifying glass as of yet. I have a fairly nice coin collection and I will submit some more coins.

If you can't see the poodle yet, I have circled it in the poodle.jpg photo. You cannot see it as good in your internet browser, so I suggest saving it to your hard drive, then open it in a jpeg viewer like Microsoft Photo Editor, then magnify 200 percent. You may have to go to 400 percent, but it becomes more pixelated.