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Pillar of the Community
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Au-58... just a touch or wear on the cheek... Very Nice Coin.
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AU55. I believe it's too much wear to command a 58.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Man Billy, you have some KILLER Lincolns!
The obverse has too much wear for MS. The reverse is amazing, ONE CENT USA is nearly free of hits, very clean, this area usually takes some hits on a circ coin. The only neg I see on the rev is a little corrosion that was removed around UNUM and a very small hit to the left wheathead. The obverse brings this coin down, AU-50.
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with the crude around the u in trust it can only be a exf 45 at best. sorry about that. but it has a natural color to it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Reverse looks MS. Obverse low AU. I could see this in a PCGS holder at AU53. NGC maybe a AU55 and ICG/ANACS AU58.
Gorgeous color!
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Sometimes I like to bring these threads back to life.  When you look the second time, you see what you missed at first. I believe this coin was cleaned and retoned. Say what? LOL  Around the edges of the devices the toning is darker. Now...IMHO...I think all circulated Lincolns have been "cleaned". At some point the odds are a cent will be exposed to water or other liquids. We usually call this "lightly cleaned" or "an old light cleaning". Now, we don't know if a collector did this or if it was due to exposure. I guess it doesn't matter, but it's a frustrating thing for Lincoln collectors. Anyone else have another opinion? Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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I am guessing it was stored in an album, that would explain the reverse having no signs of wear. Maybe on of those coin boards with the face open, and stored with things on top of it. Either that or it was stored in a drawer, reverse down, and things got tossed on top of it, that would explain the wear also. The dirt around the devices does puzzle me a bit, if it was cleaned it was long ago. As for grade MS-62-61. If only coins could talk!
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11/01/2008 11:54 am
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Just wondering , how do you tone a copper coin? thank you , Ken
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Just wondering , how do you tone a copper coin? thank you , Ken Put it in your window sill. |
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I see nothing that makes me believe that this coin was cleaned .
I see two different die states obverse to reverse , and AU-53 wear on the coin on both surfaces the bold lettering ,wheat heads and stalks on the reverse and above the ear high curls of the hair and collar all show slight wear .
the devices gather crude ,its the nature of the lincoln cents , my feeling is that the coin was stored open face up and perhaps wiped (dusted) from time to time .
its a nice and what looks to me to be naturally brown colored coin .
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It's currently at PCGS getting graded. I'll update when I find out what they think.
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Results are in... PCGS AU55BN.
Nice call vermontensium.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Excellent! Congrats again!
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Posted 10/13/2008 6:43 pm
