Thoughts on this early Lincoln cent

39Special

Here's a new addition to the collection and I'm curious to find out what everyone thinks about it. Thanks in advance for your input!

tightbudget

Hard to tell. 64 red? Maybe 65?

NumisOxide

MS64 RD

evsite

65 red???
hard to tell from the photo.

OneCent

65 or 66 RD.

As you probably know, the 1919-P had an extraordinarily high mintage and has the distinction of possessing the highest graded Lincoln Wheat cent. That would be a PCGS MS69 Red that resides in the LMS collection.

ArizonaJack

sweet coin !!

duck620

nice coin.ms-65/rd

savoyspecial

63RB

greg

FishyOne

Graded 5 years ago = MS66RD

Graded this year = MS64RB

tahoe98

net loss?

robkool

MS64RD...

39Special

It's an MS65RD. Nice color on it, with some yellows and magentas in there but I'd still call it red even if it were cracked out and graded today. Very few marks whatsoever, only flaws are a few rim dings, particularly between the N and G on the obverse, and a few minute carbon flecks. It's an attractive coin in person, much nicer than my photos on this one illustrate.