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JohnDeVito Valued Member United States 196 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:10 am Or perhaps I should give the coin the credit. Lincoln Cent with the top of the Lincoln Monument appearing to be levitating on the reverse. Probably not of much interest, but I thought it was neat. It certainly caught my eye when I was poking through my big jug of pennies, so I thought I'd share it. Report this Post to the Staff

Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:23 am Ahh yes,the old 'floating roof' variety Report this Post to the Staff
Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:26 am I'd be keeping it Report this Post to the Staff
JohnDeVito Valued Member United States 196 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:28 am I tucked it away with other curiosities. I'm just having fun with it. Nothing to help me with retirement :-) Report this Post to the Staff
OcalaFlorida Pillar of the Community United States 2824 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:41 am very nice floating roof Greaser ! Report this Post to the Staff
JohnDeVito Valued Member United States 196 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 12:45 am Thanks. That's what I figured. It was something like grease in the die that muted those (already faint) vertical lines on either side that made it look like it was floating. Report this Post to the Staff
Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 01:46 am Probably over polished die Report this Post to the Staff
dohcollector Valued Member Belgium 464 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 03:49 am something I did't know just found a floating roof on a 1970 cent Report this Post to the Staff
Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1602 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 07:31 am Never seen that one before. Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 10:01 am Cool find Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/28/2015 6:46 pm Quote: very nice floating roof Greaser ! Not grease, overpolished die. That part of the design is very shallow with the relief just slightly higher than the field. With some polishing of the die it become the same level as the field and the roof "floats". If there was grease in that location it would simply get pushed down into the deeper recesses of the die on either side during the strike. Edited by Conder101 12/28/2015 6:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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