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scurry64 Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 3:29 pm Thank you for your input. Report this Post to the Staff

BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19945 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 5:29 pm SP-66 Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 5:31 pm Specimen 66 Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74016 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 5:37 pm SP-66. There's a lot of great detail and barely any dings. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 5:44 pm Fields are virtually perfect, but I can't see the portrait well enough to judge that area. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 7:53 pm Portrait seems to have some issues . I wouldn't buy this piece as an SP-66 . Report this Post to the Staff
scurry64 Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 02/08/2018 09:26 am Here's "The Rest of the Story" (RIP Paul Harvey). This coin was the first (I think) coin I bought on ebay. It was in a basement slab marked "1966 P SP70". Not knowing anything about third party grading, and thinking one was as good as the other, I placed the winning (and only) bid. IIRC, I paid $4. The auction description contained a very compelling story about a down-on-their-luck family with insurmountable medical bills forced to sell everything that wasn't nailed down. I'm a cynic at heart and don't usually buy sob stories, but being a noob I bid anyway. At the time, I couldn't tell the difference between an SP70 and an AU58. In any event, I recently moved and found this slabbed coin in my closet among things long forgotten. I took one look at it and realized it wasn't even in the same universe as an "SP70". Whether it's SP65, or SP66, I didn't get burned. I hope my $4 helped that family, or at least gave some satisfaction to the huckster, if that was the case. Thank you everyone for your input. Edited by scurry64 02/08/2018 09:36 am Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/08/2018 10:22 am SP66. Good story. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19945 Posts	Posted 02/08/2018 5:27 pm $4, can't go wrong! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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