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United States
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Here we go again! Picked this up at the local coin shop today for 15 bucks...  And yes, that is mint surfaces in my opinion, has an odd luster about it...lds for ya, needs a bath in some acetone.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Cool! Looks like an Old cleaning. It is LDS but I have one too (a bit stronger).   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'll get better pics after it takes a bath for a bit, sitting in some xylene right now. I'm positive it isn't cleaned, but I've been wrong before.
the pics arent quite color accurate.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have my opinions, but I'm TOTALLY staying out of this.  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
857 Posts |
"Hey coin, what grade are you?"
"I don't know, somewhere between VG details and MS-61."
"What? Send pics"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1361 Posts |
I know right...gotta wonder how many coins we look at and think, dang too bad people packed that guy around and wore it out...when it could have come from the mint like that lol.  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1361 Posts |
I think we can all agree, if a coin such as this hypothetically graded ms64, no one would pay ms64 prices for it when there are sharply struck varieties to chose from, exceptions being the 1922 no D line of dies where there are no EDS coins that lack the mintmark. Unless someone really wants a good educational piece on Die Deterioration. Regardless, I find these coins quite interesting, as do many of you I would wager. |
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I stayed out of the 22-D discussion earlier, but there's no way this one has mint luster despite the obverse LDS. I'd say VF-35 details from cleaning, and that's got to be a fingerprint on the obverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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F-12 details, cleaned
This is not an LDS coin. If you look at TRUST in the motto, you can see it's actually sharply struck. On an LDS coin, all the motto is affected. This coin was struck from grease filled and/or non-parallel dies. You can see the effect on the left wheat stalk on the reverse too. In that respect, it is interesting but most of what you're seeing (like the portrait) is wear.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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LDS example:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@Zurie, as you can see the dark "fingerprint areas are raised slightly, I thought it was a fingerprint initially as well.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@BadThad, is it possible they over-ground/over-polished the die, look at the parallel polish lines running down Lincolns face, wouldn't those be worn off if this was wear?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Point number 2, would a Grease Filled Die have deep polish lines running through the grease filled portion of the die?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Point number 3: Circled in Red. There is a raised die scratch or crack running S-SW from inside Lincoln's ear through the crease of the base of his head and to the back of his neck. Would this not be worn off? Circled in Yellow. Also Die scratches on the earlobe are parallel to the die scratches in the fold of the neck also appear on the earlobe and other areas of the ear.   |
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