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Good evening to all I came upon this lovely Coin ( Lincoln Cent) today it was in my change after a purchase at the corner store where I live $1.99 and the $0.01 1969 no mint Mark was my change due back. The question that I have is (and you will see this in the photo) there seems to be what looks like strikes or scratches I cant and never could tell the machine or The Human Error or just wear, and the fact that this Coin is in really great shape coming from the corner store. So the question that I have: is this 1969 no mint mark Lincoln Cent has marks on the Obv. side close to and on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial Are they error,human error,or just worn please help this is one that I can't figured out no matter how much I research it thanks I look forward *** Edited by Staff to Add Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. ***   Edited by LoveLeeMe
07/13/2023 10:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Waiting for successful photo posting.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! Pictures didn't load correctly. Errers and Varietys.
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Sorry about the photo issues that I'm having should be fix very soon
Thanks for your patience
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New Member
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I truly hope this works I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but her we go I'm really just looking to see if the marks are just human error Sorry for the inconvenience  Copy to Clipboard 07/13/2023  Copy to Clipboard 07/13/2023  Copy to Clipboard 07/13/2023  Copy to Clipboard 07/13/2023 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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This cent just looks like a normal circulated cent, |
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Pillar of the Community
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Do not say " no mint mark" Automatically every collector already knows what they are getting into or just completely avoid the thread. It was minted in Philadelphia. 1969-P is correct Lexicon. You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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07/14/2023 3:29 pm
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New Member
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thank you for that information
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Pillar of the Community
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Having trouble seeing the marks you're referencing in the current pics. Will check again in the daylight hours. FYI: no mint mark works for me. Thanks, Doug. |
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@love, first welcome to CCF. Second, you will see that I merged your two threads. Best practice is to avoid duplicate threads. For sure not a big deal, but I wanted to let you know. Thx.
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Left of the O in ONE? Please be descriptive when you post. I also do not like the no mint mark verbiage, use P eg:1969-P. John1  |
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If you want to catch a rainbow trout, you need to know what a rainbow trout is. If you want to find an error coin, you have to know what an actual mint error is. 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. |
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Looks like fingerprints to me.
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