Do '83-P cents get a bump in grading?

cladking

I have a really nice '83-P cent. Unlike most of them it has nice pleasing
surfaces and is nearly mark free. It has a small gouge on the obverse but
it's well hidden on Lincoln's face. This cent should easily grade 66 with an
excellent chance at MS-67 if it were an '84-P.

Does it have a shot at MS-68 with a bump or is the bump too small.

It's only a $30 coin in MS-66, $80 in 67, and $625 in MS-68.

LincolnsRule

There's no bump in the grading because of the date. If you submit it to pcgs, the wheel of grades will go around and you'll get an ms64 to ms67. It would not be ms68 with any kind of flaw like you describe. I got two ms68's graded that were super nice, virtually no flaws. I highly regret I didn't keep one of those. One I sold to Ron and a picture is here. I picked up another ms68 from Heritage once, but it's not as nice. I would be willing to sell it but it would have to be in the $850-$950 ballpark. The $625 price is out of date. The $80 price in ms67 was way too high, but so few ms67's even are coming out of pcgs these days, that I bet you could get that for one. You probably couldn't get more than $10 for an ms66.

cladking

<< <i>There's no bump in the grading because of the date. If you submit it to pcgs, the wheel of grades will go around and you'll get an ms64 to ms67. It would not be ms68 with any kind of flaw like you describe. I got two ms68's graded that were super nice, virtually no flaws. I highly regret I didn't keep one of those. One I sold to Ron and a picture is here. I picked up another ms68 from Heritage once, but it's not as nice. I would be willing to sell it but it would have to be in the $850-$950 ballpark. The $625 price is out of date. The $80 price in ms67 was way too high, but so few ms67's even are coming out of pcgs these days, that I bet you could get that for one. You probably couldn't get more than $10 for an ms66. >>



Thanks.

That's a spectacular '83 but believe it or not this one is a little cleaner except for the gouge.
I guess it's probably going to go 66. I'm really surprised that there's not a bump for the date.
I don't pay a lot of attention to these since they aren't in mint sets, but I rarely see any with
nice surfaces much less clean. This one is easily the nicest I've ever seen in hand.

It's surprising such a coin can only list at $30 !!!! The pop is probably in the "200" area.

cmerlo1

Isn't the only PCGS MS-70 Lincoln a 1983?

FLBuffaloHunter

<< <i>Isn't the only PCGS MS-70 Lincoln a 1983? >>


It's a 2003 Link

cladking

<< <i>Isn't the only PCGS MS-70 Lincoln a 1983? >>



The early copper plated zinc Lincolns tend to be awful. High grade coins aren't
especially scarce in most cases but the spectacular coins aren't seen until '85 in
any significant numbers.

Just finding '82's and '83's with nice surfaces is tough.