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Pillar of the Community
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MS64RD, but I have no clue what's in the middle of the coin.
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Well, here it is:  Thanks all for responding, and congratulations to those who got the 66.  Still have to say, however, that I find the grade remarkable. How does something with this many dings and nicks  on its central device (a conservative count gives at least 8 - w/ the mark on the collar being pretty distracting, imo) merit a grade of MS66, let alone MS66+? From the comments made its sounding like luster has a lot to do with it. The coin does have a lot of luster, but to me this is a prototypical MS63 cent (maybe MS64 on a good day). Can luster really move a grade up 3 notches? |
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Some pictures of the cartwheel luster (in which the nicks & dings are somewhat washed out):   Edited by rayof315
08/30/2015 8:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Huh...  Looks like PCGS may have been wrong? |
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Rest in Peace
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Well I'll Be Darn. really thought it would grade the other way with all those dings on bust. |
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I wonder if PCGS ever mixes up their coins? Maybe someone out there is scratching their head over the MS63 grade they got, for what they were sure would come back a high grade wheatie.  Or, more seriously, maybe there's other criteria that came into play when grading this coin? Edited by rayof315
08/30/2015 9:13 pm
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Rest in Peace
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Quote:
maybe there's other criteria that came into play when grading this coin My thought exactly, but I'm not going there....  |
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As much as I disagree with the grade I have seen PCGS and NGC grade similar Lincoln wheat cents. Just before I posted this I scanned E bay and there are several '56-d cents with similar nicks that are graded MS66
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Pillar of the Community
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The holder is the best thing going for the coin. Be glad you own it (I think you own it,) and are not buying it |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Dumbfounded, that's all I can say.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Luster, clean fields and eye appeal count the most to a TPG grade. When I first saw the pictures 66 rang in my head immediately. I'm not so down with the + designation, that should be reserved for coins without that many hits. Those little hits and dings are minor. IMO, most of you way over-analyze those. That's the problem with pictures, you're seeing a magnified view of a coin, not what it looks like in hand. Try moving 3-4 feet from your monitor and grading. Edited by BadThad
08/31/2015 5:06 pm
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Just goes to show you that no TPG is 100% on the mark. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Amazing, buy the coin, not the holder.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would think this was overgraded, but again, I don't want to . |
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Pillar of the Community
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I am amazed that it graded that high. With all those hits to the jacket I thought that there is no way it could have gotten more than an MS-64.
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