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An interesting find  -  |
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Lincoln's knees and shins. The over polishing almost erased him. You can still see the other features faintly. But the knees and shins; looks like drumsticks to me!
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Pork ribs. I'll leave my daily 4R4B workplace Cryptonite out of it since this is a "family" forum but if you don't educate your children well then Edited by jack jeckel
04/05/2016 12:04 am
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1990. You occasionally see over polished cents where Lincoln is washed out but this one retained some detail. It also reminded me of a person in a pool floating on their back with the face above the water line and hands out to the sides. I didn't want to toss it back before catching a picture.
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We need a completely new cent design. It's been 107 years. There. I said it.
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1990 was a year for heavy die polishing at the mint. I have a 1990 where the neck on the main portrait was almost totally polished away, what I call a "floating head".
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They look more like carrots to me, personally. Incidentally, the Lincoln Memorial cent is said to be the answer to the classic trivia question "what US coin features the same person on both sides?" (though I suppose now there's also the New Jersey quarter; I don't recall if Washington appears on the part of Mount Rushmore that can be seen on the respective national park's quarter). Edited by january1may
04/05/2016 3:23 pm
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Carrots work too. I suppose it might depend on appetite and taste.
Thad - did you post a picture of that specimen? I saw a neat Canadian cent posted a couple months back. The leaf was melting into the field.
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Nearly Headless Abe.  |
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Funny! I like how badthad called it the "floating head". It is a very interesting coin.
Edited by coinlover1899
04/05/2016 7:40 pm
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Nice one Thad - makes my bleary eyes...bleary.
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I don't recall if Washington appears on the part of Mount Rushmore that can be seen on the respective national park's quarter). He does, and he also appears on the Mt Rushmore on the SD State Quarter. Once the ATB Quarters end he will once again appear on both sides when the reverse goes to the Washington crossing the Delaware design. |
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Posted 04/04/2016 9:56 pm
