1998 LC Grease Doubling Or Die Deterioration On Date?

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PennyPicker New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 01/21/2017 10:40 pm Hey everyone... came across this 1998 Lincoln today. At first glance looked normal but then when the light reflected differently doubling then appeared... weird. Looked it up on Lincoln Cent resource and stumbled on this. Need help confirming this. Is this rare? Thought maybe Die Deterioration too, with possible MD? Thanks for the continued support. Report this Post to the Staff

cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 01/21/2017 10:52 pm I think your coin is exhibiting Die Deterioration Doubling. Here are more photos of the grease mold doubling: http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/F...oubling.html EDIT: What you have posted is from http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/F...oubling.html Do you have a link to the page you got this from? Edited by cwb 01/21/2017 11:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/21/2017 11:17 pm I agree this is not a grease molding issue: http://www.error-ref.com/?s=grease+mold Note on the image on this site that the dies were filled with grease. On your coin I see no evidence of this on your coin. The devices are well formed. But as Clause mentioned, the issue is not grease, but the die is deteriorating. Note on this example, the devices on the date are normal, but the Die Deterioration is separate. On the image from you posted you can see the devices mostly fill and the spread of just one digit. The last one. Your coin is more like the 1992 image I posted. Report this Post to the Staff
PennyPicker New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 01/21/2017 11:26 pm Thanks for the help! Sorry yes, it was from Lincoln cents online...oversight on my end. Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 01/21/2017 11:30 pm No worries Looking at the pictures of that 1998 and the 1995 on error ref, they both show other parts of the coin that show it was struck with a dirty die. I don't see any signs of that on your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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