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Some reverse coins have full steps indicating good strike (is that correct") but obverse " IN GOD WE TRUST" often seems to merge into the rim. Worn dies? or weak strike or combination of both maybe neither. To quote Christopher Watkin in the movie The Rundown "Enlighten me" Do not confuse "strike" with "die state". A good strike just means enough pressure was used in the striking process to fully raise the device elements. 1968 was the final year for the obverse master hub. It produced master and working dies that were lacking detail and the devices at the extremes merged into the rim. You can see it starting around 1961 - fat IN GOD WE TRUST and the L in LIBERTY butting against the rim. Much of the hair and beard detail were lost from that worn master hub. As I recall, the mint was STILL using the 1916 re-worked hub in 1968! All that great 1916 beard detail vanished quickly. The reverse master hub was brand new in 1959. That's why we see really good reverse detail on the 60's memorial cents. The working dies/hubs were still sharp. |
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I think this coin is at least a 65, maybe better, but seeing in hand is required to figure that out. One thing I think you've been not watching for enough is the field contact scuffs - they are hard to see with pictures and sometimes only present themselves when you tilt and rotate the coin. I can never overemphasize the importance of fields.
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 , very nice coin though. |
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i dont think it would even make 66 with the weak steps and obverse ticks i'd be at MS65RD also. I'm always tentative in assigning color to your coins as I'm not sure based on the photos whether they are RB or RD mainly due to lighting and glare
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Edited by CentSation
04/05/2022 10:48 pm
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Just learning
I would say MS65 due to the marks and off-enter strike.
I have a hard time with these.
In the book it states as it left the mint. To me if it is a weak strike that is how it left the mint. But it is starting to make sense.
Nice coin though.
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Gros. I do not know anymore how the TPG will say for this. What I know is that the 60's was characterize by lower quality of the strikes. The year '68 if I am not wrong do not have yet one in 68 and hard to say how the TPG will react to your coin. Me I see some Mint marks, normally. But when we come to grad is another ball game. For me is 66-67 if I follow the guides. |
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Maybe it is my eyes or maybe the picture. But I see doubling and I went and looked, and it looks like one on verity vista. Does anyone else see it or is it just me?  |
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At this quality of the coin a small doubling do not matter, and if it is not one of the two recognized do not matter a new one.
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