These Lincolns came in the mail yesterday. ;)

keyman64

Thanks to the forum member that was willing to let them go.

The flash on the first two coins is really amazing!



PR68RB





PR66RB





PR68RB

Has a nice lime green band to the left of Lincoln, through LIBERTY

that doesn't show up the best in the photo.





PR67RB





PR68RB

DollarAfterDollar

Nice way to break up a nickel.

I approve.

Goldbully

Cool toning, not sure how a 2009-S Lincoln Cent could 'naturally' tone like that in 7 years.

keyman64

Originally posted by: Goldbully

Cool toning, not sure how a 2009-S Lincoln Cent could 'naturally' tone like that in 7 years.

It is very common to find 2009-S Lincoln Sets in their US Mint Packaging with nice OBVERSE

toning. The most frequent is a pink/purple ring. But if you store things in different

environments, crazier things have happened. These 4 came from the exact same US MINT

PROOF set and were actually submitted by a forum member. They came out of the

government packaging this way.



Had I not known the properties of the government packaging for this year, I too would have

been skeptical. In that packaging, a different design is printed on the obv cardboard/paper

than the rev...different ink?...which results in it being more common to just see the obverses

dramatically toned.

AUandAG

Originally posted by: Goldbully

Cool toning, not sure how a 2009-S Lincoln Cent could 'naturally' tone like that in 7 years.

yeah, my thought exactly....oh my!

MonsterCoinz

That first 2009 has been my favorite for a while. There are other nice Lincolns from that group, like the 83-S and the 2002. Superb coins!

etexmike

Great toners.





Mike

pitboss

I have not looked at my proof 09s in years, maybe I should.

TopographicOceans

Originally posted by: keyman64

Originally posted by: Goldbully
Cool toning, not sure how a 2009-S Lincoln Cent could 'naturally' tone like that in 7 years.

It is very common to find 2009-S Lincoln Sets in their US Mint Packaging with nice OBVERSE
toning. The most frequent is a pink/purple ring. But if you store things in different
environments, crazier things have happened. These 4 came from the exact same US MINT
PROOF set and were actually submitted by a forum member. They came out of the
government packaging this way.

Had I not known the properties of the government packaging for this year, I too would have
been skeptical. In that packaging, a different design is printed on the obv cardboard/paper
than the rev...different ink?...which results in it being more common to just see the obverses
dramatically toned.

Who woulda thought.

DIMEMAN

You need sunglasses to view those! Very nice.

asheland

mannie gray

Beauties you have there, keyman.

And yes, I have seen quite a few 2009-S proofs toned, but none as pretty as those.

The ones I see are lavender/blue/deep orange/red.

lablover

Thanks to the forum member that was willing to let them go.

They'll look great in your collection/set!!! Really cool Lincoln's, really.

SkyMan

That's a very odd looking group of 1950 - 1964 proofs.

Sweet looking coins!