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I have a 1968 D Lincoln, a bit circulation battered looking BUT am wondering if I'm seeing doubling in the date and D and Liberty? or is it just scanner light reflections? Also, something I didn't notice before uploading the image to P-Bucket, I distinctly see a ghostly images of Abe's face (eye, nose, mouth, chin?) Can you see it too or am I hallucinating? :D Click on the image to enlarge .......... There is a fairly new gash & scrapes in the rim that skips to the hair and forehead unfortunately ... For the ghostly image part I mean, look almost halfway between Abe and the rim & Abe and you should see faint "outline/highlights" like the outline of Abe's face parts. The outline of the eye part is about level with two thirds down Abe's nose. Now either those line highlights are a strange coincidence to appear exactly like an outline of his face, or ?  Edited by Dottir
09/01/2010 03:21 am
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wow, that ghost image is freaky ! pretty cool too  |
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So I'm not just seeing things then? :D I agree it is a bit spooky, but very kewl! Makes me think of gesture drawing.
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No pro but what you have is a machine doubled date and the "ghost" is master die doubling,very common on the "60's Lincolns (I think  )
John1 
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I'm not seeing it at all.
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I don't know how to describe it so that you can see what and where I'm looking :( Seems like Twincam and John kind of see what I'm talking about re the looks like "ghost like" outlines of Abe's profile features. Whether the outlines are simply coincidental scratches the light catches the edges of or not, they kind of copy the shape and measurements of Abe's profile ... just shifted out farther and a bit lower than Abe.
Maybe I should put it on epay like people do who see Jesus's face in Rice Crispies or something? Get a bidding war happening? :D
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Nothing unusual just wear and tear on the obverse. Did you check the rev. for a possible DDR ? |
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Indian1, do you mean "reverse" by "rev"?
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Actually what you have is a completely normal coin and some imagination. It is worth 1 cent - a little more if you count the fact that it's 95% copper.
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coppercoins... I started to agree you.. but I noticed the Machine Doubling on the bottom of the date.. the 6 and 8 have strong "shelves" under them. Probably with the coin in hand the Machine Doubling is making some of the other parts look weird? |
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Nothing jumps out at me on the reverse but here it is just for the full coin view. Not a very good and defined coin.  By the way, I've been visiting that Coppercoins and Lincoln Resource site. They sure have a lot of great info and photos. USians sure go to a lot of trouble to upload and list all the coins and varieties. Not as much or extensive info available online in Candadian sites for the Canadian coins. At least not that I've found so far. |
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PS: forgot to mention that there are a LOT of mint mark repunched 1968's listed! I'm sure my coin is one of the RMM's but can't get a bigger clearer view. I think a lot of these older coins get kind of smashed/smushed down or flattened and that makes numbers and letters "look" fatter like doubling?
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I see the ghost. Trippy! Maybe someone was bored and etched it onto the coin.
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I dinna do it!
Glad you see it too Lizzyjo! It's definately a fun coin. Subtle, yet there, no matter a ghost or scratches, it's fun.
It's also fun to see that I have almost every year of US cents from 1955 to 2010, most collected in the last week or so.
What I'm also finding interesting in general is the variations in condition, colors, and plating "looks" for same year same mint coins. Some coins are very striated (whole coin has raised lines) or stippled looking, think popcorn ceiling stippled look to give you an idea of what I mean. I've seen 3 coins from same mint/year with 3 different overall plated surface looks.
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Posted 09/01/2010 04:30 am
