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Bedrock of the Community
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Another one of my 1909's. I'll help out....I'm torn between 63 and 64RB on this coin. In my notes I paid 64 money for it from a dealer.   Edited by BadThad
03/22/2010 9:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like an honest 63. 64 would be a stretch and it's not far from going BN but still looks RB for now.
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Good point, 1964, it won't be long before the brown wins out. Though, to my eye, a coin in this in between state is in it's most unflattering condition. You put it in with all reds and it looks bad, put it in with all browns and it looks cleaned. A great coin and it just can't win.
Jim
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Personally I like the look of Wheats that are almost brown and have hints of red peaking through like this one has.
The obverse is closer to MS64 but the reverse has to many nicks. I agree this appears to be MS63RB
Nice die crack/gouge extending from Abes head and past the E of WE
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I'm with Jim again.
I really like pre-1935 RB Lincolns. Full red examples of some dates are just too far out of reach for me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good job folks! I gave this MS-63RB. I really like the brown with tinges of red poking through too. It's really my favorite look on a Lincoln.
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Rev nicks and north of east wheat make this difficult.
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Just FYI, one thing a lot of people aren't too aware of...that one's a "strong VDB," and that traditionally commands a little bit of a premium. Now, just hold on, a lot of these coins are strongly-struck, overall, but I'm talking about just the designer's initials, here. A lot of the time, in spite of the strength of the overall strike, those initials are weak. Look in some of the older Red Books, you'll see what I mean, they note that...
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It's nice Thad. I agree that the BN will win over soon so put him in an airtite!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's been in an Airtite for over a month now. hehehehe
This is part of my 1909 VDB grade set I'm working on.
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Yes they do Eddie.Good to point out.It is a strong VDB but I'm more concerned with the major rim hit on the obverse.I don't think that it would grade 64 because of that. I say 62RB,
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Hey, Half, I hear you, something's going on, there, and it looks as though it cut into the coin a little, too. At first I thought that area was a lamination, but that was when I hadn't noticed the adjacent mark on the rim. I don't know that I'd want to throw a coin looking like this down to a 62 for that, though. At least, not based on just these pictures. JMO...
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Im going with halfwitty on this one. Thad...as much as the coin begs 63, there are some marks I suspect are not bag marks (in the NE quarter of the reverse..including circulation scratches on the rim)
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nice coin.
Edited by j_h_s
05/03/2010 07:39 am
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I'd have to say MS-63 RB also.
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