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United States
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I am not sure of your question. Looks normal with heavy circulation wear.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
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What are you trying to show us?  I see a heavily worn 1914 date. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll hazard a guess the OP is seeing a 'D' mint mark? And I also believe the OP is correct: very likely just Pareidolia.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm quite sure it is too.... Lol. I wasn't saying anything just to see if anyone else saw that.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I see a Pareidolia shape which looks like an 'out of position' D mint mark. To the left of that feature, about 1/20 of an inch, is an archer drawing back on a bow, aiming upward toward the second 1 in the date. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is hard to zoom in that far on the image. Phone pic of a scope screen, maybe? Lots of pixelization.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And I see a flying fish slightly a bit below the 2nd "1".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think I see the Virgin Mary.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think I see where you all are going with this.
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In the upper right of the coin you can clearly see Mount Rushmore too.
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Pillar of the Community
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#129327; How did I miss the virgin mary on this
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I see little green men #128518;
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This is a good illustration of just how much the pariedolia effect requires the expectation of seeing specific things, to "see things that aren't there". Not being American, I am completely ignorant of which dates/mintmarks are rare in the Lincoln Penny series. It therefore wouldn't occur to me to "look for a D on 1914". Without that subconscious expectation, I don't see a "D" that isn't there. If you asked me "what letter or letters do you see beneath the date", I would have said I see a C, and a V. Both of which are obviously meaningless and impossible, as far as phantom mintmarks are concerned. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Posted 09/01/2023 11:57 pm
