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 hasfamVeteran Member
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Stuff like this is fun to run across sometimes. Lincoln must have taken a walk when they made this coin.
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 aballeinVeteran Member
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wow....i really really like that coin, nice find!!
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 RhubarbSenior Member
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Now that's a rairity for someone to find.
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 DanesterAdvanced Member
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Wow! That looks like an Abraded Die variety, like the the 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel, or the 2-Feather variety. Look at the strong abrasive die scratches. Someone just ground down Old Abe. I wounder how many coins were struck from these dies? Notice how the dies scratches are only in the flat field area and not on the struck-up devices - as expected on an Abraded Die.
"No Abe Variety"
What is the date and mint of this coin.... and where did you find it?
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 DickExpert Member
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David, I've seen some with "Poor old Abe" nearly gone, but there ware no abraision marks. This is much newer, and has to be about as interesting as it gets. I don't think Abe went for a walk, He "escaped"! Nice find. What date? Has to be a "P", cause we don't make "misteakes" like that out west!
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hasfamVeteran Member
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It's an 1988 Philly. I put it in my Oddities tube. I've seen Lincoln fading away before but never completely gone like this.
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 coopExpert Member
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I have a similar one in 1989-P (not sure on the mint. But it was a EDS reverse and scratched like yours. So some bad clashes happen early in a dies life, leaving them scratched/fading and then flatten out. Just the bad luck of the draw for dies.
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