Lincoln obv has changed a lot over the years.

mgoodm3

I had never noticed how much the Lincoln Bust had changed over the years until i yook big pics. his head is totally different. Just thought it was kinda interesting.

ealandg

Funny. I don't know anything about these guys and don't collect them, but I think I read somewhere (probably here) that it was redone completely in 1973 or 1974.

airplanenut

The relief just keeps getting worse and worse... ask coppercoins for the specifics

joeyuk

The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents shows 8 major obv. hub types and 6 rev. Joe


Edit to add this is up till 1995

ss350camaro

ya, now he looks pissed !!

coppercoins

Obverse changes - 1916, 1918, 1933, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1992, 1995, and in very small ways just about every year since.

I think that's right, it's from memory.

richbeat

coppercoins:

That sounds right. It gets a "tweaking" just about every year now.

clackamas

IMO the best relief/design were the coins are from 1909, however I think the design currently in use is probably the most life like, at least AFAWK. The new lincoln looks as if its a totally different person than the original design. Look at the difference in just the nose. The older design has a nose flare and is much less roman like.

mgoodm3

The new bust has a nice saggy face, kinda like I expect out of Lincoln. I was just surprised about how much he had changed. Don't really notice it until they are side-by-side.

ss350camaro

Maybe he's tired of looking to the right?
Maybe the next change should be to turn him around so he gets a better view and can see where he's been the last 95 years ?

LAWMAN

The modern one looks too cartoony. Both make him look a lot better than he really looked.

He was an ugly man and he was the first to admit it. One time, during a political appearance, a woman accused him of being two-faced. Without missing a beat, Lincoln looked the woman dead in the eyes and said: "Ma'm, if I had two faces, do you really think I would wear this one?"

anablep

A nose job
a chin implant
some botox
a collegen injection
and hair plugs

He's looking good for a man over 195 years old...

lclugza

A link to some information about 20th century hubs, especially those of the Lincoln cent

cladking

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Thanks Iclugza.

There are many changes that take place in the last thirty years that tend
to go unnoted because they are relatively minor. There are numerous mules
of coins with both minor and major changes to the reverses.

Probably the most significant change which makes people see these as car-
toonish is that the concavity was switched on them in the mid-'90's. Before
this time all the 20th century coins were convex on the obverse (fields near
the center of the coin are higher than fields near the edge). The obverse is
now concave and this combined with the lower relief and greater detail gives
them a cartoonish feel.

This will result in a much more obvious wear pattern in a few years. When these
newer coins start to show their wear they'll look much older and worn. This is
similar to the wear on the reverses of the Barber series which also seem to wear
more than the obverse.



edited for spelling.

millennium

I really like the older style..it had so much more relief..