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New Member
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Hi, I am new to this forum and coin collecting. I was going through my change when I found a really shiny nice looking 1986 d Lincoln Memorial penny. I took some zoomed in photos and there are a lot things that look odd to me. You can clearly see a line under G-O in God with the naked eye. I can't find any info on this type of error (if it even is an error) so thought I would ask you guys! The word Lincoln also looks strange. The letters get thicker towards the end. On the back side the O in One Cent also looks odd, doesn't look like it closes completely like a circle or oval would. There is also some fading letters at the end the word States and a little blob of what looks like ink under that. Not sure about the blob as I have not cleaned the penny and didn't notice it until I looked back through the pics. Don't know how (or if I should) clean it but the line on front is definitely not dirt! If I need to I can take the penny back out and take better pics! The whole cropping down to size has kind of messed everything up!     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a plating bubble under the word GOD. They are common on the zinc cents especially ones from the 80s and 90s.
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New Member
 United States
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Also looks like Lincoln is crying (has a line through his eye) but only pics. It's is showing up in all my pics though.  |
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New Member
United States
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Oh wow that was super fast, thanks Tanman!
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Rest in Peace
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 to the funhouse! As stated a plating bubble AKA zinc zit. Some corrosive is between the layers of zinc and copper and corroding away releasing gas and dust. The reverse is a VLDS, late die state worn die. Grease and diamond paste from polishing has filled some devices(TES OF), the O is suffering die attrition, the stretching of metal flow and machine damage (MD) caused by the bouncing upon strike. |
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New Member
United States
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Cool I will check the link out! "For dummies" sounds like what I need #128541;! Hey I have one more that I have a question about! The oldest penny I found and it is bent! Or is it something else  ?   |
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Valued Member
United States
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I think it's bent that's what I see
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Bedrock of the Community
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 It took a strong blow on that top edge. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree as well. to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks everybody! Too much and too hard to figure all this stuff out on my own! Your info, links, and opinions were very helpful!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the more of these things that you see, the better your understanding will be.
i didn't mean for that to rhyme.. lol
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Valued Member
United States
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In time people will be asking you questions
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to the Community! |
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In time people will be asking you questions and I'll be the first,  Great images JLoveCoins! What are you using to photograph your coins? DSLR Camera, IPhone, USB microscope? |
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