1999 Type 2 Lincolns

KenzoT

I have many 2000 type 2 cents, many 1998 type 2 Lincolns, but had seen only one 1999 type 2 Lincoln offered on E Bay.
Then came a recent edition of Numismatic News with an add offering type 2 cents from 2000 AND 1999 and too boot they are BROADSTRUCK!
Got the coins today and they are all type 2 and BROADSTRUCK! A truthful ad! One 2000 and two 1999's. The first 1999 ty2 I have owned and both are broadstruck, a double error/variety!
The good thing.....They were $15 each!!!!!!
The other bad thing....I only ordered 1-2000 and 2-1999.....
Having been looking for a 1999 example for over 6 months, thought they may not exist, only one seen on E Bay in months and the only ones I find are broadstruck makes me think maybe the collar broke on the 1999 die and was quickly discarded.
I have 20 2000 ty2, 10 1998 ty2, but these are the first 1999 I have been able to afford.
Anyone else have any observations on the 1998, 1999, 2000 ty2 cents?

coppercoins

Observation #1 - Nice coins, I bet.

Observation #2 - I get sort of tired of hearing people describe these as "proof die strikes". There is not one shred of evidence that any of these coins were struck with proof dies. I have had my chance to view a few dozen of them from different collectors over the past couple of years, and my conclusion is that they were ALL struck from business strike manufactured dies.

Conder101

A completely correct description would be that they are struck with UNFINISHED proof dies. The dies have the design that was intended to be a proof only design but the die did not get seent off for its polishing, sand blasting, and chrome plating. Instread it got mixed in with the dies that had the business strike designs and didn't get "finished".