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GTG 1914-D Lincoln Cent REVEALED
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Title says it all. I will post the grade on Saturday, after a few guesses have been logged.
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That is an absolutely beautiful example!
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AU53
50…😬
My guess is 50.
I'll go 50 as well.
XF 45
50
45
53
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45
I'll say AU55... beautiful color...
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45
45
Mike
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45
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Strong coin.
AU50
It looks nice but hard to read the luster in that pic. I'm going with 55.
45
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45
53
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Don
Choice XF, a beauty.
50
Tough room... I thought I was being conservative at AU55. My initial impression was 58 to low MS... am I missing something? I don't want to hijack the thread... and I know it's a different issue in the series... but here's my lone slabbed Lincoln Cent at XF45 CAC... I think there's more hair detail and less cheek wear on the OP's coin...
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When a photo isn't the easiest to grade from, collectors tend to lean conservative. No one wants to look foolish by overstating a grade. I think that is part of the reason I grade a bit lower than perhaps the coin in reality deserves.
Yeah... have to agree that the images aren't the best and get fairly pixelated when enlarged....looking forward to the grade reveal...
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Depends on how you grade, the op coin shows no sign of luster. There is some glossiness from the lighting but no luster that I can discern from the photo. If you grade old school like I do then the absence of luster caps the grade at XF40 which is my personal grade for this coin. But this is in a newer prong holder so it was market graded; thus the grade depends on how much the graders think it should sell for not its technical grade. As such PCGS likely graded it much higher than I do.
And that is not meant to be taken as putting the op's coin down, it looks like a very nice key date that most copper guys (including myself) would be happy to have.
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I thought I was a fairly strict grader (at least when it comes to Early Copper). I'm using the ANA Grading Standards book, and I'm hard pressed to see even slight contact marks on the OP's coin (one or two on the forehead, and a little dirt in the "D" on the reverse. I can't see any real wear on the cheek or tips of the wheat stalks... could be imaging... could be lighting as you suggest... I interpret the halo around the central design as subdued mint luster and a very handsome color... possibly AU55/8BN? Like I said in my earlier post, this one will be interesting...
edited to add... and I don't see ANY contact marks in the fields... they look perfect
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The picture is awfully blurry on my screen, but I could see it as a 50 to 55. Pressed to guess based on that image, I would guess low, even though I think it's probably a 55.
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58 all the way.
Pete
50.
45
Mr_Spud
XF45
50.
AU58
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50
Image too dark to make an educated guess.
50+
45
I am in the 50 wagon.
WS
I'm at 58 on this one.
55
AU50
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The photos are a very good representation of what the coin looks like. I bought it already graded, and stickered by CAC. I paid a fair price for a reasonably attractive coin of that grade, with a green CAC sticker, so I am not at all unhappy with the grade. But I am surprised at the grade, because I feel that it should be higher, and I was considering submitting it for reconsideration (if a subsequent owner can do that).
All but one of you feel it should be higher, also.
Unfortunately, that "one" who got it right is @coinbuf, who long has struck me as being a remarkable combination of passionate, knowledgeable and discriminating about Lincoln cents.
Without further ado, the reveal:
Not AU because no mint luster is seen. The CAC bean was given because JA thought it might number grade higher (to PCGS XF45).
Choice XF = XF40 CAC.
Unless you’re a mind reader, you have no idea whether “The CAC was given because JA thought it might number grade higher (to PCGS XF45).”
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AU
Im going to guess AU53 would have been my guess..
Really nice key date.
If you paid XF money you did well. It has much higher eye appeal.
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Xf 45
I just love it when I'm spot on with grading. If this piece were my coin, I would not resubmit it to try for PCGS XF 45. It's a choice XF at any of the major TPGs, green bean notwithstanding. Great piece. My own '14-D is a VF30 CAC. Choice VF, in other words.
I’m sure that everyone who reads your above reply is elated for you, or not. It had virtually nothing to do with my post that you quoted.
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