1917 Lincoln in PCGS MS68 - SHAZAM!!!!

Coppernicus

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Three questions on this: 1) It's a pop 2/0 - who is selling this? 2) Who has the other one? 3) Will it sell, and if so, at what price? (not including the BP)

Way toooooooo much for me, but I can dream!

Mike

K6AZ

I have one question, how much does a 66RD go for?

Coppernicus

K6AZ - I think you can get a nice 66RD for about $2,000 or so. Pop at PCGS for MS66/67/68 is 115/8/2. I'd be happy with a 65 (I've got a PQ 64 right now.)

Mike

SkidMark

action in nov. at heratige one sold for $5750. ms66 red

Coppernicus

skidmark - Thanks for that info! Man, I hope that one was a PQ and the high bidder thought it would upgrade! I got my 64RD (a very nice one) for $80 and the 65RD's go for about $500 or so, I think. Then again, now I'm not so sure.....

Mike

K6AZ

OK, and this 68 is going to go for how much? When I was in Charlotte a dealer had many 66-67-68 RDs, and I could barely tell the difference.

Coppernicus

K6AZ - Good point! I believe that I will never be able to consistently tell the difference between a true 66, 67, and 68 in the early Lincolns. I have a couple of 66's in the twenties and to my eye, I can't figure out how they could be any better. I've held 67's in the teens and while they are beautiful, I'll stick with my "lowly" 64's and 65's and have a whole lot more $$ to spend on other coins.

Then again, I'm not stroking my ego in the Registry Set wars, either!

Mike

SkidMark

Looks like the 65s are about 500 or so. Right now I am getting everything out of change in my pocket but someday I will upgrade to the ms stuff. Nice looking coin for sure I would say by the pictures the ms67 on ebay has more red luster then the 66 on heritage but who knows what they look like in hand other then that I can't tell the diffrance. link

Coppernicus

skidmark - I've got two Lincoln wheat cent collections going: one is my registry set where almost all are MS. The other is an EF/AU set in a Dansco album. I'm trying to match the brown color in the latter set - I'm not sure which set I like better! The Dansco set is a lot less money, that's for sure! There's something about a nice, glossy, well struck, chocolate brown Lincoln.........

Mike

Sphinx357

What kind of an estimate is "$1 - $1,000,000"

Coppernicus

$1 - $1,000,000 - That's Heritages way of saying 1) we don't have time to fool with this data item and 2) we have no idea!

On some of the lots, they really can't even guess, though on many they could get pretty close.

Mike

SkidMark

<< <i>skidmark - I've got two Lincoln wheat cent collections going: one is my registry set where almost all are MS. The other is an EF/AU set in a Dansco album. I'm trying to match the brown color in the latter set - I'm not sure which set I like better! The Dansco set is a lot less money, that's for sure! There's something about a nice, glossy, well struck, chocolate brown Lincoln.........

Mike >>



I know what you mean Mike. I have a 1928s that is my best lincoln so far nice brown and good detail. I have 2 sets going right know to in an old whitman albums 1909-1940 brown and 1941-1967 rb-rd need to get a Dansco and start at 1909 to present.

K6AZ

<< <i>K6AZ - Good point! I believe that I will never be able to consistently tell the difference between a true 66, 67, and 68 in the early Lincolns. I have a couple of 66's in the twenties and to my eye, I can't figure out how they could be any better. I've held 67's in the teens and while they are beautiful, I'll stick with my "lowly" 64's and 65's and have a whole lot more $$ to spend on other coins.

Then again, I'm not stroking my ego in the Registry Set wars, either!

Mike >>



Exactly. A coin like this is geared toward the egomaniacs. I'll take a 66 and spend the tens of thousands on something else.

Coppernicus

<< <i>Exactly. A coin like this is geared toward the egomaniacs. I'll take a 66 and spend the tens of thousands on something else. >>



I have an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of my registry set. About two years ago, I caught myself doing a "what if" in Excel to see how much I'd move up in the rankings if I bought a particular coin. That was the end of my "registrymania" - I've never done that again, though I do look at where my set is from time to time. It will NEVER drive my buying decision though.

Mike

morgannut2

I've got one MS-64, and 49 MS-61'S. But you KNOW what they cost!

jonesy

WoW!!! Doesn't look 68 to me. (Never seen one in person )

zzzz

This 68RD is at $32,500 ($37,375 w/BP)

Next bid meets the reserve $33,000 ($37,950 w/BP)

How high will it go ??? My guess $45,000 - $55,000

lloydmincy

Here's the story on that coin. I was going to just e-mail Coppernicus, but why not - here goes:

The coin was purchased at the ANR Medio auction middle last year. Sold for $26,750 to a dealer who sold it. I was second place as bidder. I was upset it went so high!!! The top lincoln cent registry guy (who is NOT on the registry) owns it. I believe Stewart Blay owns the other one.

I have not seen it "live", but other don't think much of it. The "top" PCGS lincoln cent "man" is now selling it just months after he bought it, which I find kind of odd. And the reserve I think is a little high. Not many would buy a high grade/low pop lincoln like that one. I don't think it will sell, IMO.

-----Lloyd

Coppernicus

Thanks lloydmincy, for the info. My guess is I couldn't tell the difference between this one and a nice 67 (maybe even a high-end 66!) Wonder why he's selling so soon?

Mike

ziggy29

68? Those two hits on the reverse -- one just below the N in "ONE" and the one near the bottom tip of the left wheat stalk -- seem a bit too much to justify a 68 grade, as beautiful and red as this one otherwise is...

pharmer

<< <i>I have one question, how much does a 66RD go for? >>



A lot less than before two ms68's showed up

MrEureka

Exactly. A coin like this is geared toward the egomaniacs. I'll take a 66 and spend the tens of thousands on something else.

Eric - Something else like attorneys? I hear they're also good for egomaniacs.

LanLord

It's a nice looking coin, but I don't think it's a $12K looking coin.

Since they estimate between 1 dollar and one million dollars, I'll take it at the lower end of their estimate please.

seanq

<< <i>68? Those two hits on the reverse -- one just below the N in "ONE" and the one near the bottom tip of the left wheat stalk -- seem a bit too much to justify a 68 grade, as beautiful and red as this one otherwise is... >>



Those two reverse marks are the first things I saw too. The obverse may even be 68RD (I can't grade lincolns above MS66, as my submission results will attest) but I would think those two hits on the reverse would preclude the grade.


Sean Reynolds