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scott3270 Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 06/08/2009 12:12 am i have been looking to purchase some early s mint cents and all I have scene have been weakly struck on the reverse with very little detail I know a lot were like this because of worn dies. my question is are there any with a strong or strike or at least a decent one or are they all weakly struck Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 06/08/2009 10:59 am Yep, many of the early Denver issues are also plagued by the same problems. The dies were generally used to the point of failure, much to the detriment of coin quality. They also tended to be struck weakly in order to extend the die life. You can find decent strikes but it will take alot of cherrypicking. Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 06/08/2009 3:51 pm Quote: ...my question is are there any with a strong or strike or at least a decent one or are they all weakly struck... They are not all weakly struck or from worn dies. Many full details coins exist and it pays to shop around. There is one ebay seller who seems to have great early branch mint Lincolns but his prices are a bit high. Store name is tnfc. Here's a sampling of his wares: http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-S-LINCOLN-...RB_W0QQitemZ a href= https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/190291131383 target= _blank rel= nofollow 190291131383 /a QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item2c4e3c3bf7&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12%7C66:2%7C39:1%7C72:2102%7C240:1318%7C301:1%7C293:1%7C294:50 ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 06/08/2009 9:20 pm It also depends on the year, the worst are the 1920's branch mint coins. I have some good examples I kept for my collection currently for sale in the member auctions section. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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