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Opinions please on this 1965 SMS Lincoln

Please share your thoughts on this troubled, but nice looking coin.

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's very well struck and relatively clean but most of them are well struck. Finding
    them cleaner is not extremely difficult. The little carbon spots are beoming very typ-
    ical for these.

    The rim is "too high". It looks almost like it got a second strike.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    myself i see mirrored fields and what looks like frost on the devices...hmmm,
    the image though is too dark and there's no reverse image.
    if what you have is one...that is a cameo 65' cent i'd say score !
    as cameo sms cents have cha-ching going on especially 65's but it is way too hard from that photo to tell
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • I have alot of trouble using the camera I have. Olympus 3 meg camera that I think is darkening slightly the photos. It may be because the coin is so bright though. Here is the back. My main question and concern is the carbon spotting. There are three or four ntoicable spots. Would this bb the coin at any of the third party graders? Here is the reverse. Opinions please!

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    << <i>myself i see mirrored fields and what looks like frost on the devices...hmmm,
    the image though is too dark and there's no reverse image.
    if what you have is one...that is a cameo 65' cent i'd say score !
    as cameo sms cents have cha-ching going on especially 65's but it is way too hard from that photo to tell >>

  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    i wish i could offer some advice on the carbon spotting and submitting.
    but i can not.
    hopefully someone chimes in for you as i know the mad one in madmarty submits sms cameo cents so maybe he'll at least chime in with an opinion.
    anyone?
    the reverse image too shows cameo attributes in support of the obverse.i like how the frost on the reverse is seen in between the pillars.


    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    It's hard to tell if it's a CAM or not. They are very hard for 1965s. They will ding it for the carbon spots.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I just made a 65 Lincoln in 64CAM at NGC. I'll post pics when it returns home.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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