1916 MPL - The last word

DMWJR

The obverse of the coin has a rose colored hue to it, however plenty of true red bleeds through. The reverse is a very even red, slightly subdued.

Folks, 1916's don't come true red.

BWRC

Very nice coin Doug, That is one crisp beauty! Have you seen any of the other 1916"s PR66RD's?

After toiling for awhile I have another image of my 1916 exactly as the camera saw it. I did no adjusting in photo shop. I did use some additional lighting. It's now posted.

zkcoins

Wow I love the look of that one and I don't like full reds. I prefer RB or BN for the colors.

DMWJR

I'm still not super happy with the pics, but that is with no editing, just cropped. Same lighting and settings for both sides. At least you get a hint of the texture of an MPL with it.

I have seen one of the other two 6 reds. It went into the Jeff Stanley collection. I think Gerry owns the other one, but I'm not positive and I haven't seen it.

The "Last Word" 1916 is probably an RB coin. I've owned a very nice 66rb, and have seen two others. All were nice with very similar toning like Tim Listons.

TimListon

I don't haven't seen nearly as many 1916's as some of you but one thing for sure, from my experience the 1916 is the best struck wheat cent of any year - proof or business strike. Type set collectors should be putting 1916 business strikes in their sets. Doug's picture above shows exactly how well these coins were struck.

cohodk

1916 is the ultimate for the series. It is my favorite date and I own several examples. Doug, yours is super!!

How is the color now?