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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice coin. Abe's rockin' great hair. Appears to fall in the MS63-64 range.
From another angle, what are those 'sand fly'-like features to the east to Abe's face>?
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Nice early die state , I like the toning and think It's NT . Reverse wheat stalks are sharp especially the left one . MS-64 . I too have to ask about those numerous peppered specks .  |
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I'm guessing that they are leftovers from a partial fingerprint. Thanks guys!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Beautiful coin, too bad about the spots.
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I've been collecting off and on for almost 55 years, and have a lot of Cents I collected, even as a kid, and I've never seen natural toning like that on a Cent coin.
I believe that coin was silver plated at some point. It you look at the top of the rim on the obverse, and several places on the reverse you can see what looks like bits of silver.
Just my opinion...
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Wow! The facial hair detail is very strong. Haven't seen an early Lincoln with this strong of a strike. Wonderful coin!
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Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Does anyone believe this coin can be an impaired proof ? Look at the wired edge rim on obverse at 12:00-5:00 .  Hmm ,the coin is not in any kind of holder . Question : How long has it been floating around like this ? I'm going to say there are fairly good odds that this 1916-P Lincoln Cent can very well be an impaired proof . JMHO , I'm not an expert on matte Proof Lincolns .  |
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Any chance of this being a proof?
Edit: Sorry T-Bop - didn't scroll down far enough to see your post.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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05/27/2020 12:39 pm
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No problem Bump , glad to see I'm not alone .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is that in fact carbon flecking and not light pitting?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Does anyone believe this coin can be an impaired proof ? Look at the wired edge rim on obverse at 12:00-5:00 . Hmm ,the coin is not in any kind of holder . Question : How long has it been floating around like this ? I'm going to say there are fairly good odds that this 1916-P Lincoln Cent can very well be an impaired proof . JMHO , I'm not an expert on matte Proof Lincolns . The hubs/dies were fresh from 1915 and slightly sharpened in 1916. The issue should be very well struck - this coin is no shocker in that department. There are many coins that have proof-like characteristics. Now that I look again, the rim in that area shows it could have been encased. That would explain the look, it might have had a light polishing at some point if worn as jewelry. Nonetheless, it's beautiful coin cleaned or not. Personally, I'll forgive a lot in an old, raw coin with rainbow toning if the price is right.  |
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This type of toning isn't that unusual. Here's an MS-66 (*) from NGC, different date obviously, that I saw for sale.  |
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Thanks for the responses guys. The rim did intrigue me upon purchase. I've never seen a matte proof in hand and the 16 seems hard to identify. Those spots are a drawback but still a well struck 1916!
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Nice strike. Don't find many of those much.
Happy collecting!
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Bedrock of the Community
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MS-64BN, nice bold strike.
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