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A question for proof Lincoln people.

LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
While going thru some of my things at my parent's house, I found a couple of proof Lincoln cents that I must have purchased some 20 years ago and did not even remember that I have them anymore.

I do not collect Lincolns and does not really know what they are worth, anyone knows?

And is the grading standard for NGC and PCGS tighter or looser? Should I have them regraded ?

The coins are:

A NGC 1939 cent PF65RD the serial # has few digits than the new holders XXXXXX-XXX

A PCGS 1912 PR63RD in a small holder and Professional Coin Grading Service is written on the back of the holder.

Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
San Diego, CA


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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    Nobody can tell you whether your coins should be regraded without seeing the coins. What's on the holder is of no consequence at all.
    C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
    The Lincoln cent store:
    http://www.lincolncent.com

    My numismatic art work:
    http://www.cdaughtrey.com
    USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
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  • My Greysheet has a 1912 in 63 Red at $270-$300 and a 1939 in 65 Red at $130-$145. Depending on what yours look like they could be worth more or less. I'd like to have a close up look at the '12. image
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    Here is a couple of pictures, let me know what you think, this is the best that I can do, I have not figure out how to get better pictures yet.

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    http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/91454185?aucview=user
    I cannot get the large pictures to load here, that was why I put them in Yahoo, I put a real high price so no one will buy it but if someone want it for that price than he can have itimagePictures
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
    San Diego, CA


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  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474
    From those pics it is hard to tell if it needs regrade.It is in a old rattler holder.As one who looked at quite a few Lincoln Proofs,I'd say give it a try.It couldn't hurt.
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    I sure can't tell from those pics...sorry.
    C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
    The Lincoln cent store:
    http://www.lincolncent.com

    My numismatic art work:
    http://www.cdaughtrey.com
    USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
    image
  • Their is no question in my mind that PCGS grading standards are higher and more consistant than NGC on Lincoln's
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    Their is no question in my mind that PCGS grading standards are higher and more consistant than NGC on Lincoln's

    My question was, "Are grading standard tighter now or 20 years ago?"
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
    San Diego, CA


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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    20 years ago.
    C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
    The Lincoln cent store:
    http://www.lincolncent.com

    My numismatic art work:
    http://www.cdaughtrey.com
    USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
    image
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    20 years ago.

    If that is the case, I should at least try for an upgrade as the value increases quite a bit.
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
    San Diego, CA


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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭


    << <i>20 years ago.

    If that is the case, I should at least try for an upgrade as the value increases quite a bit. >>



    A never ending circle...that depends on what the actual coin grades. If it grades the same as the holder says, then you'd be updating a holder and nothing else. The point is, just because the holder is an old one doesn't mean the coin automatically grades higher than the holder says. Don't fall into that old trap. It really depends on a lot of factors as to whether your coin would upgrade...one being how big the jump in value is from your grade to the next one up. It also depends on whether anything has happened to the coin, its surfaces, or its color since it was holdered. Nobody can make a blanket assumption from a tiny digipic that your coin would definitely upgrade just because of the holder it's in.
    C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
    The Lincoln cent store:
    http://www.lincolncent.com

    My numismatic art work:
    http://www.cdaughtrey.com
    USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
    image

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