Lincoln Cent Specialists...Guess the Date/MM (Revealed)!

OneCent

Alright. The reverse on this Lincoln Cent should enable you to place the era in which this coin was minted and the Mint from which it originated. Some find this type of coloration hideous while I personally love Lincolns with this "look."

What is the date and mint? Provide your logic with the guess. Sorry no giveaways, just for fun.







The picture sucks as my camera's focusing is shot. The reverse is truly awesome in-hand for those that like this"look."

DNADave

Huge guess here.

1931

ponderit

36 P

LeeG

Looks to be an early "S" mint example to me.

lkeigwin

It's an early Lincoln from SF. Planchet streaking was common, and it has the telltale weakness in AM in AMERICA and O in ONE.

My guess is 1911-S. But it could be a wheatie from teens or 20's too. Miserable strikes and planchets.
Lance.

RWB

It's the famous 1908-S PDQ variety with the PDQ missing from the obverse. These were designed by Victor Brenner's brother, PDQ Brenner. The design failed to gain acceptance because it was one-sided and was supposed to contain one-cent's worth of bronze, producing a coin 5-inches in diameter.

PDQ later gained immortality as the forgotten son of J.S. Bach.

ambro51

1920S

coinbuf

Early to mid 20's SF mint coin I think, nice wood grain.

kranky

All I can say is this is definitely a question for the all-star Lincoln guys! Will be interested to see the answer.

centmaster

23S

JupitarCoins

It has that wood grain type appearance.
I have seen this happen on other cents that were in the middle twenties.

collegecoincollector

definitely too mushy for the teens. probably not in the 30s either because it still looks like an earlier design, and 30s cents seem to have stronger rims than that one. so i'm gonna go with a mintmarked 20s example, lets say 1927-S.

good thread and i'm looking forward to the other guesses and the answer!

tbarreca

<< <i>It's the famous 1908-S PDQ variety with the PDQ missing from the obverse. These were designed by Victor Brenner's brother, PDQ Brenner. The design failed to gain acceptance because it was one-sided and was supposed to contain one-cent's worth of bronze, producing a coin 5-inches in diameter.

PDQ later gained immortality as the forgotten son of J.S. Bach. >>



Creatively hilarious! You made my evening, good sir!

And please consider +1 on early S mint.

BXBOY143

1936-P

cohodk

13-S

waterzooey

This is either a 19-s or a 21-s

goose3

1909s

OneCent

Excellent responses.


I have seen almost this exact coloration on '09-S, '13-S, '21-s and '23-s cents. I've seen a '09-s in 65RB that had this exact striation pattern with a yellowish bronze color. Lange refers to this "distinctive color" on early date San Francisco cents in his book. "It" (planchet striations resulting from an improper alloy mix) is a dead giveaway to originality and mint.



































I'll give this one a vf-25 grade...on the central design, it is hard to determine what is wear and what is mush.

collegecoincollector

<< <i>it is hard to determine what is wear and what is mush >>

JRocco

tahoe98

.....1909-S

ponderit

21 S was my next guess