Please help with a question

[kobe]

I've never seen this before the reverse lettering on the edges are all slim and narrow as it gets to the rim. Is this a die they swap out when one breaks it looks like the 82ddr. And I'm going camera shoppin tmrw yay lol

[jfines69]

I can not tell if it is a DDR but the thin lettering appears to be from die wear... Some die wear is so extensive that the outer parts of the lettering is nearly covered up!!!

[mustbebob]

I don't quite understand the question, but the lettering does change during the striking cycle of the die. Once die deterioration begins, it can and does affect the thickness as well as the sharpness of the outer devices. The longer it goes, the uglier the letters look with them losing the sharp edges of the lettering.

[kobe]

Thanks for the info, where wud I go to be educated as u guys r so I don't have to post stupid questions

[mustbebob]

Right here is as good a place as any. The purpose of this forum is to inform and educate. We don't consider any questions 'stupid'. If there is any other source that may explain things better for you, we would normally provide a link. I would suggest you just keep using the glossary, search function of this forum and the Lincoln Cent Resource. There are not too many things we don't cover.

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/

[stoneman227]

Here is a little learning experiment for you.
As you go through your coins choose a date , maybe early 90's or late 80's and set that date aside without examining it. After you have a roll or two of them start going through them not only for varieties but to study how different they are from one another because of what happened to the dies that produced them .Most dies start out basically the same for a given year so the differences you see truly represent the changes that happen to a working die.

[kobe]

Kewl I've learned a lot since pickup up this hobby a month ago

[jfines69]

We all learn on a daily basis... No questions are stupid so ask what you need to ask about!!!