Penny for your thoughts: first year Lincoln *grade revealed*

39Special

Interested in the board's opinion of this one, thanks for your expertise and your comments! I'll post actual grade later...update: coin is graded MS65RD in a 2nd generation holder. It is gorgeous in hand, with full mint bloom and stunning color to both sides! I'll try to post some other pictures later on. I own a few nice MS66RD's and this one is every bit as good as those. May be time for a regrade! Thanks for all the opinions.

savoyspecial

64rd

greg

copperfan

Nice Lincoln there. Im going to say a sweet 65 red, a 66 if not for the hit under the neck. Not a bad looking coin there at all.

smokincoin

66RD! What's going on above "Unum"?

kryptonitecomics

I'm going with a 66RD as well

39Special

smokincoin, I'm not sure what that is above UNUM. It could be a scratch, but it goes "through" the U without crossing the surface, which seems to be more of a die crack or striking error than a traditional scratch...although it is reflective at certain angles (like the one in the picture) more as a scratch would be. So in summary, I'm really not sure! Maybe somebody else has an idea, or has seem something similar. It's a damn hard place to get a scratch, and one that I honestly did not even notice for awhile!

WinPitcher

I don't think that is a scratch, with that said my first impression was 65.


Steve

jfoot13

looks like a cacable 65rd

ArizonaJack

I gotta call it a 66'er, 65 sticker at worst on a bad day........

Artist

66RD +

Simon1979

I would say the obverse is 65 and the reverse 66 that makes it a MS65.5

Batman23

The scratch looks like a die scratch to me. My first impression was a 66RD... maybe a 65*.

Nice Coin... now that you have my thoughts, I expect the penny in return

KAJ1

66RD

ambro51

64RD spotting, planchet nicks on shoulder denote a tad weak strike I think the image is a bit light and probably dosent show the coin as it is in hand.

Less common than the VDB, a nice coin.

guym

my guess is 65 RD

39Special

Ambro51, this coin looks WAY better in person than I was able to capture in these pics. I'm going to try to take some more and reduce the lighting a bit. The marks on the shoulder aren't significant at all.

Walmann

high end 64RD or 65RD

yellowjacket

PCGS is unbelievably strict on this year of the Lincoln series. It could be since thousands of reds have been submitted. I currently have a 65 RD that appears to be a no-brainer 6. I say 65 RD with a die crack over UNUM.

Nice coin.

Garrow

ChuckC

A lovely 65RD with some minor carbon spots limiting a higher grade.

guitarwes

65 RD

I like it much.

wes

Cocoinut

I've got to go with 66RD. Nice!

Jim

LeeG

65 RD was my first thought.

seanq

My first impression was 66RD, or as others have said, a 65RD holder with a sticker. Maybe even a 64RD holder with two stickers.


Sean Reynolds

dac076

My first impression was 65RD, but I wouldn't argue with those that say 66RD either. Unless of course, I was buying it

tahoe98

it should be a 65 red but i'll bet it got a 64 red..................what do i win?

droopyd

<< <i>Iupdate: coin is graded MS65RD in a 2nd generation holder. It is gorgeous in hand, with full mint bloom and stunning color to both sides! I'll try to post some other pictures later on. I own a few nice MS66RD's and this one is every bit as good as those. May be time for a regrade! >>



PCGS is being very tough across the board these days. It might be prudent to hold off on a regrade submission at this time.