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New Member
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Thank-you for moving this post, I realized after posting I was in the wrong forum and was hoping it would be moved!
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Pillar of the Community
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  Looks to be a normal cent, but the pictures are a bit blurry. With time you'll take nice shots, so don't take it as criticism. Folks love to help diagnose an item but need the best shots you can make. Have fun participating in the forums. We may make a collector out of you yet! Good luck on the hunt.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 It might be coin contact on the lips. There maybe a linear plating bubble on the cheek, or rolling lines in that area. The rolling lines sometimes survive the strike.  But nothing with any real premium. Sorry
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I'm appreciative of any feedback and not seeking monetary value. I can attempt clearer pictures, though these appear to blow up well on my settings. I did vet every one before posting. Coop, and please don't take offense at my calling you by the name used on here most often, did my pictures allow you to see the beard anomaly as well as the bulge on the back of the neck? As mentioned in my original post the errors I observed did not exist with any other coin but one which has been misplaced but only exhibited the lump on the rear of the neck. When viewing another coin along side this one in question the differences are clear. To myself anyway! Again, thanks for any feedback.
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New Member
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I took another pic full on the coin in question and am apologetic it isn't as clear as could be.. I am still thinking this coin has errors, when you look at other coins from the same year they are clean and sharp in contrast. The original pictures are focused on the areas I am questioning, thereby leaving the rest of the coin out of focus. I do have other coins of various years that will need to be assessed also..  so, please bear with me while I pursue an answer on this particular Lincoln Cent! And, the 'line' on his head is under the skin you could say, not a post mint damage line as far as I can tell. TIA (Thanks in advance.)  
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi Rose - I tried to sharpen the contrast on your coin and resize it. But the pixels weren't there to support it. Does this larger picture capture what your interested in? 
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Yes Rackster, thank-you. Now. Look at the beard and the nape of the neck. Both areas show what I in my limited knowledge would call a double die because both show extra hair, so not just a die chip? As for the 'line' from cheek/nose to hairline, I am sure that should not be there. The coin appears 'off' which is why it caught my eye. Other coins have a much neater appearance without the extra hair, lumps, etc. What I am trying to accomplish is a better understanding of the errors/varieties/problems associated with the art of producing coins. And of course spotting an anomaly is very cool! (If I did) I deal in many different mediums, started about 40 years ago. Coins are now on my list of things to learn more about. My Dad collected coins among other things and I evidently paid not enough attention. I've been going through many many coins and this one was in my opinion worth finding an answer for, along with a few more that I will be posting. Thanks so much for your help.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I reworked the image and now I see what is going on. The lines you are seeing are die scratches. Note how they don't flow through the date and other devices? 
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Thank-you Coop for your fine photography and taking the time to explain. I hate to be redundant, but, here I go..the line I was referring to is on Lincolns face, from right below his eye and running NNE to his hairline. There are other post mint damage marks, those I'm aware of, my thought here is that the extra on his beard and the nape of his neck are in some way connected to this line, as in whatever caused all three to happen while being minted. If you could compare this coin side by side with one that is crisp and clean I think you'd see my point. Maybe I just have coin brain after peering at so many over the last few weeks. I walk out to my garden and see die scratches on my okra.. ;) Again, thanks for taking the time, can't imagine when you get any sleep with all you do for this board!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Could you get a closer shot of the area in question? That might show me more.
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I'll try, most likely be tomorrow. (or tonight  ) Tried to point out what I see as odd. Really just die chips possibly, but the added hair to the chips is what made me look again. I use a 10x mag for first look. Whatever seems odd gets a second look with a 30x loupe. When I find that my second look deserves more....here we are. Most everything else I can identify through research. At the end of the day, I have a coin that seems off to me which is fine. Though, lol, I did find the other which has the same 'nape of the neck'" anomaly. All good, I have a few more which I will try and photograph appropriateley. Wish me luck! I take pics all the time of jewelry Hallmarks which are clear as can be, whoduthunk a cent would be so difficult. Good grief. One arrow is pretty much on top of the 'chunk' I wanted to point out, the other arrows are on target. Thanks for looking! 
Edited by Rose5 10/11/2015 8:08 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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The mark behind the back of the neck looks like a clash mark:   The mark on the temple might be something damaged/struck/or something on the coin? (glue/tape) The Jaw on the 1992 is quite different from the 1993 cents.  So that might figure in on your coin. Bottom line, nothing is worth a premium on your coin. Sorry
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Thanks Coop, it's nice to know what I was seeing! I'll try and get better on the pictures, I have more of my own and some from a man I'm attempting to help out. Right now it's the blind leading the blind I'm afraid though. All good!
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I didn't mean you! I meant myself trying to help someone else with coins. Hope that is how you took my comment..oh my.
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