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1964 Proof Lincoln Memorial Penny (What Grade?)

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 Posted 03/26/2025  5:25 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add rlu7732 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I've been holding off on sending this one in because if you don't get DCAM PF70, it ain't worth it. The single DCAM 70 that's graded via PCGS is a very different color than mine so hard to compare.

What grade and designation (Proof, CAM, DCAM) would you give this one?




CoinFacts for reference: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin...c-dcam/93404
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 Posted 03/26/2025  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is that a 'corrosion' spot on Abe's shoulder/upper arm?
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 Posted 03/26/2025  7:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MisterT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is a nice looking cent but not likely of pulling a PF-70. The spot on the shoulder is enough to say that the coin is not a "perfect" 70.
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 Posted 03/26/2025  7:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll say PF-69 at best.
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 Posted 03/26/2025  10:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marve65 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From the pictures it looks lake a very nice cameo example. If anybody can actually distinguish a high proof grade from a picture be my guest......
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Like I said before, it is a nice coin and yes it looks cameo, perhaps even deep cameo but there is a reason why only 10 coins have graded PF-70 and only 1 has graded PF-70 DCAM RD. The technology was different back then and perfect coins rarely existed. Great pictures by the way!
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It's difficult to photograph a highly reflective proof coin, and you have done well.

It's even more difficult to grade a highly reflective proof coin by photographs - so I'm going to say likely not PF70.
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Good job on the pictures!

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It's not a DCAM so that can be dropped. It might make CAM though.

I think PR69CAM is the best you can hope for and it's likely to be plain PR68 imo.

No way I'd consider submitting it. It is a super nice coin though.
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 Posted 03/27/2025  9:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rlu7732 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all for the responses!
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