1973 D Lincoln penny. Possible shallow strike.

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1973 D Lincoln penny. Possible shallow strike.

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I hopefully fix my post to show y'all front and back of my shallow strike penny.
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Re: 1973 D Lincoln penny. Possible swallow strike.

#2 Unread post by Earle42 »

The only thing I can guess is you are talking about the area on the coin that apparently was struck with a grease filled die (or the die was polished and the detail of the throat area removed). Neither of these things is uncommon or valuable.
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Re: 1973 D Lincoln penny. Possible swallow strike.

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I agree, heavy obverse polishing.....
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