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Does the coin has the original surface? If so, I grade it as AU58. What is your opinion? I have no exp with these wood grained lincolns.   Edited by mdrosophila
04/03/2016 2:47 pm
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Looks like original surface to me. Those 1925's, especially Denver and San Francisco, are notoriously weakly struck. So hard to find with any detail. I would say mid AU from the pics, I like it!
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In the old days, I'd look a coin like this and not even consider that it might be a counterfeit. Now, with all of the Chinese junk around, I see the weak Lincoln portrait and the strong date an mint mark and start to wonder. The Chinese will make anything these days for a price.
I looked at the "Coin Facts" site and saw a couple of other 1925-S Lincoln cents with a faded portrait so I think the coin is okay. At any rate with that in mind, I can't see this coin making AU-58, even with the hint of red between some of the devices. I've seen cents with that that graded as low as EF.
I'm going to say EF-45 on this one, and I don't think it would be an easy sale because of the weak Lincoln portrait.
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04/03/2016 10:58 pm
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Grade AU based on the reverse. The obverse is very weak thus there is almost no way to judge it unless you directly look at the coin on your hand.
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AU55 from me ... nice woody.
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I'm in the XF camp and agree that this would be a tough coin to sell, even at VF money.
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Rest in Peace
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Not a lovely example because of the weak strike, which is typical. Technical grade AU-50, market grade VF-35.
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I am learning from the best.
Let me summarize that most people (the market) does not like weak strike and/or wood grain looking coins. Those coins have to be sold for a price at least one grade lower.
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I'm a little confused about the profile being so weak and everything else on obverse is not. Reverse looks normal . To me this would be a hard sell . EF-45 Weak strike .
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How about this one. It is graded by NGC. I will reveal the grade later.   |
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I would put it at AU-55 based on some wear showing on the wheat stalks. Just as a comparison, here is my 25-S, angled a bit to show luster. It has the same very mushy strike on the obverse; better reverse - a tricky coin to both photograph and grade.   |
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Looks like a nice, original coin to me. Very typical looking plus a nice woodgrain. It's so close to MS, it might just be. I could see someone putting that coin away because "it looks weird". I like the earlier reverse die state, tough to find on these.
AU-62
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Here's a PCGS MS-64:   |
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The OP's coin, AU-58, very nice.  |
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I could see this as AU55/58 too. So hard to tell with woodies unless they are in hand! I'm actually working on learning how to make .gifs so I can see luster and help with woodies and such.
Thad, awesome examples and I love the die cracks on your first example!
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