Ms63 1955 ddo Lincoln cent do you agree?
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I think this coin is over-graded.
Based off the picture what grade would you assign.
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It certainly has seen wear in my opinion but there is luster in the devices.... so, let me guess AU55?
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Based on the provided photos I would guess AU-53 but may change my mind with better photos or a TrueView.
AU55. Post some better pics and I may change my guess.
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I'll take the over. Based on your concern, they probably gave it an uncirculated grade like MS62BN. But the wear around the ear tells a different story.
AU55 by my standards (and by those photos)
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53 or 55.
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50 on a good day though the reverse appears better.
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Ok I'll go au53
AU 55
I'd be more generous and say AU58 but my guess is that it's in a 63 (or even 64) holder.
I'm seeing no wear on reverse but just a touch of wear on obv. high points.
Since non of us are graders at pcgs it doesn't really matter what grade we think.it is.
Thinking it's either a 58 or a 62, it's a bit hard to judge from those photos.
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Dull surfaces.
My guess is cleaned, AU details.
The reverse side caught the chickenpox.
AU58
I'll go with 58. Farmer1961 I disagree. Posts like this help all to of us to sharpen our grading skills, thus making us better at grading and possibly purchasing a raw coin without overpaying when it is indeed a raw coin without a slab to tell us what we think we know. So IMO, it does matter.
Tough to grade from those photos since wear and lustre are a bit difficult to judge. I could see mid AU to low MS as being plausible.
It would not be one I’d would buy. It’s a 53 if it straight grades. I don’t see anything obvious that would detail it. But it’s not in hand so I can’t be sure.
Since you stated it’s over graded my guess is the PCGS grade is higher than 53.
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My “not optimal” picture really affected the guesses.
I recently started to buy from gc, which is a big leap for me because I do not buy off the internet. I always wanted an Ms 1955 ddo for my collection.
Here is a nice picture from gc that I used when I bought it. I still think that it is slightly over graded even thou the coin was slabbed over 20 years ago. Does anyone still agree after looking at this new picture?
The coin has the look of being originally full red and immediately pulled from circulation decades ago, then improperly placed in a musty damp safe which caused the film/haze surface layer to develop and turning it brown. It has the meat of an unc, but lacks the flash. It’s possible that the slab was stored in less than ideal conditions as well, because I currently like it as a 58, and it might have looked differently when originally graded.
MS61 IMHO. No wear visible wear so yup its MS, but I for sure wouldn't "choose" it out of a pile of other MSBN Lincolns, so I wouldn't call it "Choice" (MS63 is still "Choice Unc", isn't it?).
The hair does not have a lot of definition, but it may be a weak strike. Nice solid gasket holder...the coin is not bad either.
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It looks fine as a low-end 63, with 62 as a worst case scenario. This forum has been and continues to be extremely tight on copper from what I’ve seen.
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I think they graded it spot on. In fact I've seen them graded 64 with more marks. When yiu look at the surfaces they are few marks visible and many of these have hits on the reverse in the letters.
I don’t particularly care for the spotting especially on the reverse.
You could probably get it nice and shiny with some toothpaste on a rag.
Something tells me 63
Yeah, the title and the picture of the slab.
The spots might have grown on it post slabbing but the obverse rub didn't. Overgrade.
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So many of these have been color altered it is a pleasure to see one- such as the OP's- that hasn't been molested in such a fashion.
It has character and is all of the grade.
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I was just kidding with you. It was a GTG originally.
I’m in the AU camp
Generously graded IMO. Maybe a 61 at most.
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