1916 MPL cent PCGS PR64 RED!! "New Image"
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Yes, it true, I broke the mold and bought a real nice PR64RD that looks of a higher grade with some minor flyspecking but very "RED"
Brian Wagner Rare Coins, Specializing in PCGS graded, Shield, Liberty and Buffalo Nickels varieties.
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hey Doug,
I know, I will work up something soon.
Brian
-Paul
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Can you tone down the yellows in the pic or is that really how it looks in hand? Any chance of RB?
<< <i>Nice! Silky smooth lustrous surfaces. Great strike.
Can you tone down the yellows in the pic or is that really how it looks in hand? Any chance of RB? >>
Thanks RB,
New image posted now, you don't even think RB when you look at this one. Need to be seen in hand to really appreciate the coin.
Definitely worth an upgrade shot!!!
it could just be my eyes
<< <i>...am i seeing things when i look at a space between the "m-e" of america[? T]his reverse almost shows it to touch and the other 16 matty's show a space between those 2 letters.
it could just be my eyes >>
No, with the advantage of having the coin in my hand, the spaces on both sides of the base of the "M" are the same size, or if anything the space between the "A-M" may be a hair smaller. But I don't think the problem is with your eyes, it's with the limitations of images compared to the reality of at least holding the slab (if not the coin itself), in your hand, with handy access to magnifiers when necessary. I used a 4X glass to verify what I thought I saw before I answered your question.
Being in a position to hold the slab, it turns out this 1916 MPL really IS unquestionably RED. But while I can show you some genuinely high quality images, you will still have to use your imagination and somehow stitch them together in your mind to get a better idea of what this coin actually looks like.
First of all, the obverse is not red-brown, nor is it darker than the reverse. The reverse is red and almost pristine, 65 quality, with just one tiny spot between the "E-N" in CENT. The reverse matte surface is surprisingly quite lustrous. The photograph makes it look like the reverse is a lighter color of red except for a dark patch in the field around 1:00-3:00, but that is really just a reflection of the luster; in reality the colors of the obverse and reverse are essentially the same shade of red. The dark looking patches in the photo of the obverse are really not dark at all. It's just pure luster, an amazing, almost blazing, cartwheel luster that puts the reverse luster to shame, somehow shining through the matte proof surface, with just a hint of iridescence around the rim. There is a very small spot under the "R" in LIBERTY, and a few, almost unnoticeable, tiny spots under the date.
Of all my coins, the red of this 1916 MPL most closely approximates the red of my 1914-D 1c PCGS MS64RD, except that this 1916 is noticeably more lustrous, though it's certainly not as lustrous as my 1909-S VDB 1c PCGS MS65RD. Perhaps most important to understanding this 1916 coin's actual color from the limitations of the photographs is to realize that all three coins are relatively similarly "red!" While there are differences, sometimes very slight and sometimes significant, in "orangeness" and luster and surface quality (two are 64's and one is a 65), the photographs tend to very much exaggerate these differences and NOT look like the coin in hand. Especially when compared to the photographs, the coins themselves seem (almost shockingly) to be relatively similar in color.
1914-D 1c PCGS MS64RD PQ
1909-S VDB PCGS MS65RD PQ
1916MatteProofLincoln PCGS PR64RD PQ
I am not kidding,
G99G
I collect 20-slab, blue plastic PCGS coin boxes. To me, every empty box is like a beating heart
People come up sometimes, and ask me, G99G, are you kidding? And I answer them no, I am NOT KIDDING.
Every empty box?
C'mon!
<< <i>Take a picture of all 3 side by side and let's compare. I would be interested to see that. >>
You're absolutely right!!!
Unfortunately, I wish I could but I can't,
at least not for the next 5-6 months.
I am not kidding,
G99G
I collect 20-slab, blue plastic PCGS coin boxes. To me, every empty box is like a beating heart
People come up sometimes, and ask me, G99G, are you kidding? And I answer them no, I am NOT KIDDING.
Every empty box?
C'mon!