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BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 01/27/2008 8:50 pm Let me have 'em! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff

halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 01/27/2008 8:59 pm This is one where you really need to have it in hand to give it a final net grade. Because we're operating from (very nice) pictures I am going to be the first one to be a meanie and call it AU-55 details cleaned--and I don't know what net grade I would give it. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 11:03 pm I'm surprized more people did chime in on this intersting coin. It has extreme details, the hair is just crazy, which is rare in this year. The pictures don't do this coin justice at all, the reverse luster is better than shown. However, I belived it to be dipped a LONG time ago, it's not so obvious in hand other than just a hair of "glossiness" missing for a red coin....the pics make it look obvious, but not so in-hand. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 12:48 am I was almost going to say MS64 RD until I noticed the color was a little off. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 01:22 am Thad Im going to disagree that the coin has been cleaned ,,I see flow lines and and a couple of hairline patches ,,but I don't think its from cleaning ,, the Obverse is nice , well struck for the year (but not exceptional for the Philadelphia mint) in this year and except for the spots which are starting on the obverse of the coin ,,the Reverse shows a bit of weakness to the right side wheat (picture orientation)and is definitely older than the obverse die . MS-62-63? Red right now ,, the spots however will continue ,,I do not know of anyway to stop them or remove them . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
yechi7 Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 03:38 am I would say MS-63 Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 03:43 am NCS can minimize those carbon spots if you really want to spend the money. Keeping the coin sealed in an airtite should stop the coin from further oxidation. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 11:56 am I put it though my long-term storage process and into an air-tite almost a month ago. I don't think it will change. Metalman - You might be right. I've spent a LOT of time looking at this coin and it doesn't look cleaned in-hand. The only reason I suspect dipping is the glossy part of the finish is subdued.....maybe it's the planchet or just age and poor storage. According to my Lincoln guidebook, even the P coins for were known for weak strike and worn dies in this year. I seem to recall the quote "details are usually absensent". Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 12:11 pm Strike is relative to the year ,,there are much worse examples of this coin and also what for the date would be considered much better . Report this Post to the Staff
gbchaosmaster Valued Member United States 328 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 4:40 pm Yes dipped a long time ago. No netgrade since there's some lustre poking through. MS64RD Report this Post to the Staff
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