Engraved Lincoln cent

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I've enjoyed engraving copper pennies and I think this is around the 5th one I've done.
 
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So here I am at work reading through the forum, taking a long gander at what you have done here. Hmm... I have a penny in my pocket... Just for fun I encourage all of you to take a penny out and take a good look with the naked eye just for comparison. Your work it bewildering and incredible. Thanks for sharing Sam.
 
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Jesse.beckham said:
So here I am at work reading through the forum, taking a long gander at what you have done here. Hmm... I have a penny in my pocket... Just for fun I encourage all of you to take a penny out and take a good look with the naked eye just for comparison. Your work it bewildering and incredible. Thanks for sharing Sam.
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Glad you like it :) They're fun to do and engraving in miniature certainly present a challenge, both design-wise and control-wise. It's a good skill builder and really forces me to cut lightly with more precise control than I experience with larger scale work.

Maybe we should have a contest again. We had one back in 2007.
 
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so nice, i like this very much. i don't think old abe ever really looked this good. how did you ever get an "09" in such good shape ? it's cool to turn a penny into major bucks !
 
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sam said:
Glad you like it :) They're fun to do and engraving in miniature certainly present a challenge, both design-wise and control-wise. It's a good skill builder and really forces me to cut lightly with more precise control than I experience with larger scale work.

Maybe we should have a contest again. We had one back in 2007.
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I think i know where this is going, ive read it in the old threads, im goingnto have to do the ten commandments on a grain of rice to beat you Sam, but that will probabaly never happen.

Saludos,
Carlos
 
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I love it. I love to carve/engrave the Lincoln cent also. I am going to try something similar and see how it turns out. I don't have any experience with scrollwork but I think it will be great practice. Thanks for showing it.
 
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Nice work Sam, beautiful. I like what you said about cutting lightly, something I need practice at for sure.
 
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That looks eerily similar to the penny Brian Hachstradt engraved for practice at GRS Beginner engraving class with Rex. Brian has come a long way since that class.

Bill
 
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Outstanding Sam!!! your Pennyes are unbeliveble i really love them!
Masterpiece!!!
 
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thank you to you for share the pics ,a great pleasure for my eyes this is a great Classy coin, US mints have to considere strat minting them!!!! ( in this way i will have a change to put one on my collection hehehe)
 
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