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1916 1c PCGS MS67 Red [L#2059

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1916 1c PCGS MS67 Red [L#2059
Luminous orange-gold color, the color vibrant and exciting to someone who sees mainly red and brown or spotty red 1916 cents.

Modified dies were introduced this year on the Lincoln cent as well as the Buffalo nickel, and that certainly accounts for the extraordinary wealth of detail evident in Lincoln’s beard. The master die for 1916 is indeed superior to all dates which preceded or followed, and these coins make ideal Type specimens. It appears that the obverse master hub of 1909 was replaced altogether in 1916, as the relief of Lincoln’s ear is noticeably higher than on earlier dates. Such a change is not likely to have been made in the master die alone, for it would then need to be repeated each year as a new master die was sunk from the master hub.