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What would be the grade of this coin, I would appreciate any and all opinions, thanks for your help with this.   Edited by Sudz
05/01/2013 09:07 am
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Sudz, lets look at this one. AU and MS grades can be the most difficult to grade. this one appears to have full luster. (hard to determine from pics), however, the coin appears to have been in circulation and therefore cannot get an MS grade. the highpoint on the obv is the beard, cheek and bow. look close and you will see some rub on those areas. also note the dark spots. part of the rev is missing so I am going with what I see. there appears to also be slight wear on STATES or it could be from oil from hands. I am going to narrow this down to AU55 or AU58. I'm not the best at memorial lincolns. if you twisted my arm, I would go with AU55 due to the spotting. hope that helps
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Immensely, Panzaldi, thank you. Your are correct in assuming that it has full luster. I am trying to decide about using Verdi-Care on this coin which probably remove those small spots. Should I? Everyone raves about it and I'm betting it will enhance this coin.
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This is a tough one to grade. We dont have the full reverse and the obverse is a bit washed out. BadThad's really good with Lincoln's but if I had to guess on this one...AUfiddy range to MS62.
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Not sure if V-Care would help with that. My question would be, why waste the V-Care on this coin, it is only worth face value. you should be able to find a nicer one that doesn't require it. if its a carbon spot I don't think it will work and acetone will not correct it either. if its dirt or grease then acetone would be the better bet. if you want to experiment, then go for it.
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I was going by what coppercoins.com had for the value of a 1994-p DDR-01 which is more than face value. The Error forum guys liked it and seemed to think it had some added value, so here's hoping!
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missed the DDR part. since this is close to mint state. I probably would not mess with it. |
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Do you have close up pics of the motto? This is a difficult DDR to attibute without close up pics. From what you have shown I am not seeing it. There should be doulbling near the top of the pillars on the roof. This affects my judgement of value tremendously. |
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Here are a couple of additional pics that I had posted earlier on the Modern Variety and Error Coin forum. They all felt it was a DDR-01 based on these photos and the info from this website: http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/...ie_state=mdsThis coin matches all the markers listed at this site. I hope these pictures help.   Edited by Sudz
05/02/2013 4:06 pm
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My apologies...for some reason I was thinking 2004-1DR-001 (which has a doubled motto and doubled roof). Funny how a view digits can change things alot. Realizing that it is a 1994 I do see something in the 11th bay..the 10th bay is hard to see. If you say its there and the markers matched then congrats on the find!
If it wasn't for the distracting marks on the front and dirty look to the back I was going to go MS62 (that and I see what appears to be a light finger print becoming noticable on the obverse 7-9 o'clock position) With the way it looks now I would go with MS60. I would look into coin conservation so the fingerprint doesn't continue to get darker with age. There are ways to stop it I believe.
Happy Hunting
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05/02/2013 4:31 pm
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Thanks, Jayman931, I appreciate your wisdom and the advice.
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The obverse pic is over-exposed, looks to be about MS-63.
Based on what I see, VC probably won't remove those spots. ALWAYS try the solvent polarity ladder FIRST when attempting conservation: water, acetone, then xylene. If they are carbon spots, nothing will remove them. I'd just leave it as is personally.
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Watcha gonna do with it ? If you decide to ebay it let us know so we can all follow along and see what it brings. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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