1952-D Please Let Me Know What You Think. (Cent)

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[/Sharper images needed, thanks.]

Help me here. What are you looking for that I am missing. I am frustrated at myself because it seems I have hit a road block in the picture area. I took the picture on my phone I did not edit it . The picture seems to get a little blurry from my phone to the computer. I realize one can make a picture look much better than it really is. How many posts does it take to be able to contact a member thru email? I am willing to send coin directly that's how much you guys opinion mean to me. The mark on the coat at the base is the only mark on the coin and it takes a 5pwr loupe to see it. My phone camera was magnified to 5pwr. All I can say is there are no visible hairlines in any light conditions and same with my loupe. No matter how sharp the image would be, I don't think hairlines would be visible in a two dimensional picture. Am I correct in that assumption?

when you get above MS65 it makes it difficult to separate MS66, 67 or 68 without very good photos. the photos are a little blurry. maybe a little too close to coin or if your camera was not secure even the slightest movement would cause enough blur to reduce that sharpness thats needed. also your lighting is a little too much. try taking it in natural indirect light. based on the shadows it looks like there is overhead lighting. that doesn't help.

without better photos I would say either MS66, 67 RD. the reverse probably would hold it from a 68

Your photos are getting better but I agree a little soft .
From what I can see your coin is at least MS-65 , sharpen it up and you can very well have a 66-67 . Keep trying different things with your camera and lighting .
I still don't condone sending in your common date Lincolns
until you are truly confident with your grading skills .
BTW , you can private message ( PM ) any member who excepts
e-mails , but first you must allow to accept e-mails on your profile .

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[/Your photos are getting better but I agree a little soft .
From what I can see your coin is at least MS-65 , sharpen it up and you can very well have a 66-67 . Keep trying different things with your camera and lighting .
I still don't condone sending in your common date Lincolns
until you are truly confident with your grading skills .
BTW , you can private message ( PM ) any member who excepts
e-mails , but first you must allow to accept e-mails on your profile . ]


Each of you guys who have responded , I hold in high regard, TBOP you could have said why don't you read the tutorials and rules but you chose (much respect) to take the high road, my profession requires teaching young adults to read instructions carefully and follow directions. I should practice what I preach! Having viewed 2 dozen MS-66's this morning, I tried to find issues that resulted in a 66 grade. Some of the coins looked like ones I think should be a grade higher and others I could easily find the reason. TBOP, the forum says you are a Lincoln enthusiast so I always hope you comment and post. First I look for marks and other obvious problems. Second I look for very small contact marks in primary areas and a strong strike (all lettering and details in wheat lines or memorial building. Third I use a single light source in a dark area (100 watt bulb) and check for hairlines. Next I check the edges for good metal flow. I do all these things if the coin has good eye appeal.. Last I take a picture and put under digital microscope to see marks I may have missed . My phone will pick up marks I may not see as I scan the coin then I go back and see what I think is a bag or contact mark and verify under a 5X carson loupe. I count the smallest mark or hairline and start subtracting points. To all of you ,what am I missing? I read several times a grader looks at a coin for at most 30 seconds. I know they are good but I wonder how thorough can they be? By the way it is easy to spot MS-65 coins. The jump to 67 is so much harder. From ms66 to ms67 is a crap shoot I believe. By putting minimum acceptable grade as ms-67, in my opinion makes the grader at least look at coin for 45 seconds. I know these are common date Lincolns but the price jump is significant. All you guys told me it's not wise to submit coins under a 150 dollar value. At ms67 most are double and triple that. Submitting so far at PCGS I am at 38%, but submitting a common date I am at 100%, but sample size is very low. I had a theory that if you put ms-66 as lowest acceptable grade and the coin is excellent then that's what you will get especially for dates after 1950. I don't know if the graders have access to that info. A grade of MS-66 is no big deal to these guys, the value is insignificant. I am sure I will eat crow in the next few days.

May I clarify, is this a coin you have submitted? Or is this just endless speculation?

Don't zoom in your phone to 5x power. You will always get blurry images. Zoom in somewhere between 1x and 2x and then just crop the picture when uploading. Also there are shadows/dark areas in these images. Need more light, but not so much as to wash out the surfaces.

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[/Your photos are getting better but I agree a little soft .
From what I can see your coin is at least MS-65 , sharpen it up and you can very well have a 66-67 . Keep trying different things with your camera and lighting .
I still don't condone sending in your common date Lincolns
until you are truly confident with your grading skills .
BTW , you can private message ( PM ) any member who excepts
e-mails , but first you must allow to accept e-mails on your profile . ]

Would sure love for the experienced members to take a look with coin in hand. I will try to send and receive a personal email. I really thought I had indicated that in my personal profile. There is still a lot to learn on the forum ( and a lot of it indirectly relates to coins,if you know what I mean)!