Does This Look Like A 1973 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Reverse?

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moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 1:31 pm I would like to know if this looks like a 1973 reverse. I am on the ropes about it. It sorta does, it doesn't have the tail of 1974 initials on the G. But I do not know. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 1:58 pm The size of the 'FG' is the clue on the 1973 initials: Report this Post to the Staff
moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 2:11 pm yes I know the clue, but am still stumped Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 2:14 pm Keep in mind, the direction you are seeing it extending. That is the direction die wear happens. Runs for the closest rim direction. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7078 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 3:59 pm Looking a coops visual aide, looks like you have a rev.74 (IMO) Seems like on the 73s the top of the F lines up with the first step in the base...that's the way I see it... Edited: I've never heard nor searched for this "variety" is it widely known?........Others? Moose59...Is the cent photographed a 73 or 74? Edited by Greasy Fingers 03/17/2020 4:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 4:21 pm it is a 74 Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7078 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 4:30 pm OK, so it's normal (no variety) due to where the top of the F lines up with the b ASE Edited by Greasy Fingers 03/17/2020 4:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 7:49 pm Sometimes we talk ourselves into something, and then refuse to note that it isn't different even when you see it side by side. Eventually we realize, that it is what it is. Coin contact/die ear/die polishing event may alter it slightly and we see that only. But when we note what the die looked like when it was new, then realize if was normal in the beginning. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 03/17/2020 10:32 pm You might want to see it as a gold coin as well, but it is still a 1974 copper cent. Coop clearly laid out the evidence. It is what it is. Report this Post to the Staff
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Does This Look Like A 1973 LMC Reverse?