Neat 1955s Lincoln Cents with lathe lines?

StrikeOutXXX

6 pretty unassuming uncirculated 1955s Lincoln cents at first glance:

All from the same roll, all look the same:

But as you look around the the coin...

All are the exact same.

Same little die chip:

Some more random pics of the lines of the different coins:

Nothing super spectacular about the obverse die - some strange squiggles under the bust, but the reverses are the cool part of this one.

A little bit different than some of the more recent posts with lathe lines all over the obverse, or the majority - these are all concentrated towards and on the rim. Just thought they were neat and figured someone would like to see them. Wish I could take whole coin photos as well as the micro ones, but best I can do.

BuffaloIronTail

Great job documenting the coin. Those most certainly look like lathe lines. They are not as pronounced as some coins show.

They are nevertheless there.

Pete

OldEastside

Close ups are cool

Steve

JBK

Nice images. Also seem like nice strikes other than the common weak O in ONE.

1Mike1

Agree, nice photos and interesting post.

jtlee321

Those are pretty cool lathe lines. I'm assuming they are still visible out towards the rim because of edges curve towards the rim. Those would be the low spots on the die and when polished, those lathe lines were protected by being lower than the rest of the field. Just a guess?

gonzer

Exceptional photos.

StrikeOutXXX

A lot of the lathe line pictures on the forums (ErrorsOnCoins has a good one) are of 1996D Lincolns with the lathe lines more spread out over the obverse of the die and concentric- but looking at the pictures the lines are not very deep, more like shadows of what was there that pretty much got flattened during striking.

With this one, they are fairly ridge-like, ie if you run a toothpick over them, they are decent sized raised lines. I can only imagine as the lathe worked down the conical die stock towards where the angled part ends/meets the flat sides, it was really digging into the die stock pretty deep that the die polish and hubbing process failed to eradicate it.

I found a similar one of this style with Google of a 1958D cent with pictures on a chat board.

ricko

Excellent pictures of the lathe lines.... is that with a computer magnification program? Cheers, RickO

StrikeOutXXX

@ricko said:
Excellent pictures of the lathe lines.... is that with a computer magnification program? Cheers, RickO

I use something like this for macro shots - I have a 500x and a 1000x - there are many that look like this, think they all share the same parts and brand them a bit differently, but these do well.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnification-Microscope-Endoscope-Biological-Inspection/dp/B00P8D96N6

ricko

@StrikeOutXXX.... Nice set up... I may look into that one.... who knows? Maybe I could take a good picture too... Cheers, RickO

BuffaloIronTail

@ricko said:
@StrikeOutXXX.... Nice set up... I may look into that one.... who knows? Maybe I could take a good picture too... Cheers, RickO

The price is right, Ricko. It does a real good job for a less than nothing price. (my observation).

Pete

grip

StrikeOutXXX

That's a nice one grip, and is more like what many of the pictures in various threads seem to portray. My coins and the 58d I copied the pictures from above - those types of lines I just hadn't seen before.

Namvet69

Thanks for the interesting read. I love this forum. Peace Roy

Jimnight

Nice!