1968 Cent With Maybe Small Bust And Letters

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Hflirn Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 2:23 pm I think that the lettering of the coin on right is smaller than the 68 on the left. Also noticed that the E in Elizabeth is closer to the bust on the coin on the left. Enough for a variety? Report this Post to the Staff

rocky Pillar of the Community Canada 2784 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 5:00 pm Hflirn thank you so much. you have a great eye. I have them both in proof like sets. I have already cut them out. I put them in 2x2s. thank you so much Report this Post to the Staff
Optimist-numismatist Pillar of the Community Canada 683 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 5:02 pm Very interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
Hflirn Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 5:06 pm My pleasure! Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 5:22 pm I am having trouble seeing it... we could be looking at coins struck by different die states (fresh versus old). You would need to do transparent overlays with mint-state examples, to provide that two different master dies (matrixes) were used. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21611 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 5:40 pm I increased your pictures by 300% and measured the letters, they are both the same size. As far as the distance from the "E" goes, I think one is worn more than the other as you can't see the small fold on the dress or as SPP says, they may be different die states. I would have to say they are both the same Report this Post to the Staff
Hflirn Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 6:20 pm The distance to the bust and die wear is a thought I had considered as well. I'll have to check measurements of letters. They just seem smaller but could be wrong. This is the reverse of coins. The leaf bud is considerably larger on one but again not sure if dies are to blame. Report this Post to the Staff
rocky Pillar of the Community Canada 2784 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 9:46 pm Hflirn I did some checking. if you want to know where the difference is your 2 coins. one of them match the obverse from the 1969 issue. the other one is the mate to 1968 obverse. I do not know for sure. but they had to use the same die for 1969 and 1968 so there had to be 2 different dies for 1968. again thank you very much for the tip. but let the experts sort this out for all members. Report this Post to the Staff
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