1997 D Penny Column Detail On Reverse

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garyc New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 10/30/2022 12:57 am I never noticed the column detail on the reverse of any penny like I noticed on this 1997 d. Are there some Lincoln monument reverse pennies with more detailed than others? Are there any that are special or sought after for the detail in the monument? Or do people just seek out coins with errors? Sorry the photo of the obverse isn't so great but I got a few good closeups of what I am talking about. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 10/30/2022 1:51 pm As the coin minting dies is used, it wears. The coins coming from the initial use of a die will, therefore have stronger details. Some help in what to look for when searching coins: If you want to catch a rainbow trout, you need to know what a rainbow trout is. The same with coins. Most odd looking things on coins are just post mint damage ( PMD) Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don't learn the coin hobby backwards. Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage or useless Machine Doubling, Die Deterioration, etc. Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like. A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19964 Posts	Posted 10/30/2022 2:43 pm Normal cent, worth 1 cent. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 11/01/2022 12:07 pm I totally agree with everything Earle42 said Quote: Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don't learn the coin hobby backwards. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/01/2022 12:38 pm The answer to the original question is: Yes. There are some design details that are on the fresh dies, that get altered by die polishing. I call these false columns: There are four of these. Note the arrows. Why are they there? To show the columns that are behind these columns with adds a 3-D affect to the design: Die polishing removes these gradually as the dies are continued to be polished to remove die clash lines. So these sub devices will slowly be weakened with each polishing of the dies. (The bays are the outside edge of the die. So when polishing happens, these are affected first. Then the sub devices are removed as more of the bay areas go away.) CoopHome: Die polishing: Why is it done on the dies? remove clash marks/die cents/die gouges. the fields are affected first, then the sub devices. Edited by coop 11/01/2022 12:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
garyc New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 11/02/2022 9:48 pm Gentlemen, thank you for your expert input. I have acquired a $25.00 box of pennies and will sort these out and become more familiar with actual errors. Report this Post to the Staff
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