Is this an extra eyelid?

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  • errorseeker928
    • Apr 2026

    #1

    Is this an extra eyelid?

    This is a 1991 P LMC with, I suspect, two extra eyelids from the upper and the lower portion of Abe's eyes; a tilted towards the southwest and the other towards the southeast. May I hear your humble opinion in identifying this variety if it really belongs to this type?
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  • mustbebob
    Lincoln Cent Variety Expert
    • Jul 2008
    • 12758

    #2
    Those do not appear to have the characteristics of doubled eyelids from previous years. It is my opinion that these may be gas bubbles.
    Bob Piazza
    Former Lincoln Cent Attributer Coppercoins.com

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    • jfines69
      Member
      • Jun 2010
      • 28848

      #3
      Looks like gas bubbles!!!
      Jim
      (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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      • 1sgret

        #4
        I would have to go with gas bubbles also.

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        • errorseeker928

          #5
          May I know the characteristics of a double eyelid?

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          • celartu
            Member
            • Jan 2010
            • 815

            #6
            Gas bubble

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            • mustbebob
              Lincoln Cent Variety Expert
              • Jul 2008
              • 12758

              #7
              Take a look at the class 4 obverse doubled eyelids on 1940s through 1960s on coppercoins.com or other filing systems. You will see plenty of examples there.
              Did you check it for gas bubbles yet?
              Bob Piazza
              Former Lincoln Cent Attributer Coppercoins.com

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              • jcuve
                Moderator, Die & Variety Expert
                • Apr 2008
                • 15458

                #8
                It really seems that the phenomena of class IV doubled eyelids was confined to an earlier time with a slightly different obverse - maybe it was the design or the hubbing equipment, but the doubled eyelids seem to have stopped in the late '60s. 1966 DDO-001 and 1995-D DDO-003 (both class V) show doubling on the eyelid, but it a different set of reasons for their creation.

                In this case, as observed previously, the anomalies appear to be plating blisters (gas bubbles). Their odd shape coupled with strong linear plating blisters in the fields are strong evidence that they are too plating blisters. Plating blisters appear to emerge during the strike itself and are caused from heat and contaminates under the plating.



                Jason Cuvelier


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                • hasfam
                  Paid Member

                  • May 2009
                  • 6291

                  #9
                  Mmm. I couldn't sleep last night and answered this about 2am but now i don't see my post anywhere. I probably forgot to click the submit button.....well, it was 2am
                  Rock
                  My LCR Photo Album of Graded Lincoln Cent Cherry Picker Varieties

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                  • errorseeker928

                    #10
                    Thank you everyone fo your replies; I will check the characteristics as offered by mustbebob.

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                    • jfines69
                      Member
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 28848

                      #11
                      Originally posted by hasfam
                      Mmm. I couldn't sleep last night and answered this about 2am but now i don't see my post anywhere. I probably forgot to click the submit button.....well, it was 2am
                      Rock,
                      This has been happening to me also and I did click submit... The post must have gone into the abys... LOL!!!
                      Jim
                      (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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