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Pillar of the Community
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Well this rascal looks like a MS63 BRN to me PCGS graded it 64 BRN. I'm all over the place with my grading skills so opinions are welcome. Been looking and waiting for a RB example with no luck and the RD examples I saw were yites! outta sight in pricing. This one fit the budget, its just the bust and the hairs not sharp that gets me lifting an eyebrow.   |
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hmm I agree but if the price fits, you musta bid!
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Pillar of the Community
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772 Posts |
I would say 63 or 64 BN. The only thing that bothers me is that weird light streak across Lincoln's chest... what exactly is that?
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Rest in Peace
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TPG has it about right, must have bypassed that spot on lapel and called it "market acceptable" to go 64, I'd said 62 on obverse and 65 on reverse(unbalanced), that's a really nicely hit reverse there, best I've seen on a 22, maybe that why it's a 64, the reverse saves it. Sure don't like that corrosion spot, drawn too it. But it is Brown, very...wonder what environment it was kept in to turn like that, really deep?
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09/30/2018 11:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes I won this on GC this afternoon, it looks like a nice coin hope in hand the smudge on bust is not as noticeable. I have been lurking about trying to find an RB at book and gave up. The sellers wanted too much over book for my tastes. In this instance I decided to go with a decent chocolate brown. The 64 Reds I saw were 7 and 8 hundred raw and really weren't that great looking more 63ish than 64 with dull red. This one is hard to find in MS. I didn't realize this until I started looking.
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Bedrock of the Community
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64 seems right for this one.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice coin.
I see 64.
For future reference use a dark, non-reflective background for you pics.
The coin will show up better.
The white background tend to overpower the light coming from the coin making it darker.
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Pillar of the Community
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64 looks accurate from these pics. Quote:
For future reference use a dark, non-reflective background for you pics.
The coin will show up better.
The white background tend to overpower the light coming from the coin making it darker. I have a feeling these are the notoriously overexposed GC pics....but in hand pics will be appreciated, as the GC pics often can exaggerate minor flaws.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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with the only flaws to affect grade being the two spots on the coat I'm at MS64BN
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the opinions yes these are gallery pics. When I get the coin will take and post some home shots. The reverse is what drew me in. I don't know what caused the dark toning must have been decades of what ever storage environment it was in. I once saw an old antique coin storage cabinet drawer it had multiple small individual drawers lined with green felt. Does anyone know how collectors stored coins before boards and booklets were available? The cabinet was home made and was in a home in Leavenworth KS. The owners told me relatives used it as such. Interesting, that was in 1972 and was an antique even then.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When I started in the late 50's small envelopes were used when not in a coin folder.
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Bedrock of the Community
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64BN seems right to me as well.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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MS-64BN all day long .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Im afraid I am no longer a full blown fringe die variety enthusiast somewhere somehow I morphed into the straight Lincoln series. The doubled dies just weren't giving me the wows anymore. Something about these early Lincoln's. Ive been bitten. How long will this phase last I can't tell yet?
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the reverse carried the day on this one, pushing it over the edge.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It gets the 64 because of the strike and eye appeal. The reverse is exceptional for the issue.
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Posted 09/30/2018 11:02 pm
