Question about early lincolns.

[Gene'sCoins]

I found both of these in the same Whitman booklet and while I was on here I thought I would try to see why it looks like water droplets on these two coins on the obverse and reverse and not directly across from each other. Thanks again.

[diamond]

They look like they could be "occluded gas bubbles". If they flex slightly when you apply slight pressure, that would support this diagnosis. If they don't flex, then they may be die dents. Neither type of error is common, so it's odd you'd find two of them in the same folder. As is the case of many types of raised blemishes, a secure diagnosis would require close scrutiny.

[Gene'sCoins]

There is no flex to either one of them when applied pressure. Of course I didn't apply alot of pressure but I think enough to where if it was going to flex it would. But it does look like bubbles.

[diamond]

As die dents, they're rather atypical. However, I have a uncirculated cent from the 1940's that does have die dents that look just like this. So that would be my tentative diagnosis. It doesn't look like heat damage, which tends to produce larger elevations.

[Gene'sCoins]

Okay. Much appreciated.