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The coin you are showing sold is also an MS66 which yours is far from. There is a slight premium on these but condition is the biggest factor for how much. I'm on the fence with yours. I did notice that the slant is not a marker for the mm. 2 examples on pcgs shows one slightly slanted and one straight. Your top pic still makes me believe it is but I am definitely not an expert at this stuff. Wish I could give you a more definitive answer. Sorry

Ya, so I thought your top pic was a closeup of your mm. By looking closer, I presume it's not? If not, then your pic doesn't seem to matchup with it. 

Found another on pcgs a little worn like yours. Could be an inverted mm from what I can see.

This is the best shot I can find of the inverted mm for the 1941s. Yours seems to be a little higher up, so not sure if the mm placement is the same on all. Your pic is a little blurry when zooming in. 

Sweet coin. I only dream of having something older than 1800. Lol 

On 2/5/2023 at 2:49 PM, OneTime86 said:

For what the dealer offered me for it im sure it isn't any " dirt" or " chemicals" caused this !

You asked for opinions. You're getting them. All we can go by are the pictures you provided. It may look very different inhand. We don't know that. If a dealer has already told you different,  then submit it and see what NGC says it is. 

I'm pretty sure if you just have them reholder due to a mechanical error, as long as you can provide documentation of why it was reholdered and the serial number, they will resticker. I think! 

Sweet coin! Can you post the reverse also? 

Well I can say it looks like it was made with counterfeit coins. 

Looks like environmental damage/toning to me. If I had it, it would be taking an acetone bath to be sure. 

Yep, a crude counterfeit.  You'll be wasting your money if you send this to any grading company!!

On 1/31/2023 at 12:28 PM, Sandon said:

  Welcome to the NGC chat board. 

Actually, this appears to be a die chip, which is very common, especially on Lincoln cents of this era.  They have never been of any great value to collectors.  There was once a fad of collecting cents where such a chip formed between the "B" and "E" of "LIBERTY" that resembled the letter "I". These were avidly collected as "BIE" errors but had no real value either.  They are fun to collect.  See my topic on this issue:

 

I'm not seeing where the liberty on your coin looks anything like the op's liberty. 

It does look like it took a hit and moved the metal over. Easy to do with soft copper coins. 

Ya these are some very small coins. I have no idea where I got mine. Only one I have and not in very good shape. I have 1851 written on the 2x2 but not really sure of the date. 

Before I got my microscope, I use to make sure my camera was set on the highest pixels it was able to. Then when cropping, the subject area would still look good. Sometimes.  Lol

On 1/26/2023 at 3:35 PM, VKurtB said:

Digital EVERYTHING boils down to two things - 1) Meh, it’s good enough, and 2) Make it so more people can get passable results. It’s not about quality; it never has been; and it never will be. CD music is sampled at 44kHz. DAT tapes are/were at 48kHz. Both were chosen because “nobody needs anything higher”. Now HD audio samples at MUCH higher rates. Never believe computer guys. They’re always proven wrong eventually. 

I still have my DAT tape from 91' when my band recorded a 45rpm back in the day. Lol