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1917 LWC

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What do you think about this one?

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 Posted 07/21/2010  8:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add steve199 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin!

Think I see a rub on Abe's temple and hair above ear, so AU58BN.
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ill say AU-55.

some wear on and around the bow-tie, a scratch above and to the right of Lincolns ear coming from the corner of his eye to the top of his head, also some wear on the hair below Lincolns ear as well as some light wear on his shoulder. on the reverse, some verdigris on the inner corners on the N in ONE, some wear on the inside corners of the wheat stalks a scratch starting from the inside of the D in UNITED, cutting through the E in CENT and ending just at the middle of the E. and lastly, a small hole to the left of the you in UNITED in the edge of the left wheat stalk.
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This coin is interesting. As Thad has pointed out in the past, the first points to examine are the cheek, jaw and lapel and they seem clean. I am not sure I see wear on this coin. I do think it may have had a bath and might have a trace of a finger print on the obverse. The hair above the ear can be very misleading. Seems like a strike issue to me.

That said, Ms-62 details, cleaned.
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I also thought it looked cleaned, in that case.. AU-50
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The 1917 master dies were still fairly fresh from 1916 (new masters). Most of the P issues are very well-struck like this one. Two concerns with this coin, the obverse field scratches could be from a past harsh cleaning (cleaned an retoned). Also, this color is not typical for an MS coin, the darkness about the reverse devices indicates some possible circulation.

AU-50 (possibly cleaned and retoned)
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