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Valued Member
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Hi all. What's going on with Lincoln's eye? Is this a die scratch, or something else. Thanks, Mike click photo to enlarge 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are no Doubled Die Obverse listings for this Date/MM combination at Coppercoins' site. Looks like one of the Doubled Eyelids I have seen on other dates there, but I would wait for the experts opinion on this one, it could go either way, die scratch/gouge or doubling.
In my opinion, with that much separation you would think that there would be other areas doubled, but the Single Squeeze die preparation has produced quite a few coins with doubling closer to the center of the coin- and only there. Good Luck !
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Pillar of the Community
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Did you test it for being a bubble?
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Valued Member
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Yes. I pressed on it with a shaved toothpick. It doesn't seem to be a bubble. I'll try for a better pic. My eyes were tired.
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Pillar of the Community
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Must be a gouge, can't see what it would be doubling.
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Valued Member
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You're probably right rockdude. I haven't seen one like it before, so I thought I'd post it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it were a doubled die I think it would look like this 1946, notice the angle on the doubling. 
Edited by rockdude 05/03/2009 2:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Point out specifically what you are looking at. I don't see anything yet but a normal cent.
Thanks, Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bill...there is a raised protrusion coming directly out of the eyeball.
It's a die gouge. It does not have the correct angle or shape for a doubled eyelid.
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Valued Member
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Yes Bill. That's what I was wondering about. Die gouge it is. Thanks guys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Don't nobody move .... I lost my contact!
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