New 1915 MPL Photos
renomedphys
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My latest image. Too bad I had to choose just one of each side, as there are so many different faces on these beauties.
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Very nice, brother. I already know what the grade is.
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!
Nice photo - I'd give it a PR65BN?? With some 1915s, you can see the faint die lines running at a downward angle from the top of the "1" to the base of the "9" tail in the date. This coin has some nice horizontal striations off of Lincoln's back running down towards the rim. i don't think any of these markers are seen in the mint states I've studied. On the reverse, you can clearly see striations running vertically from the top of the second "T" in states running upward. I have the same diagnostic in my brown '15, buy do not know if it is seen in mint state coins. The '15 idiagnostics are much more tell-tale than the '16 in my opinion. It all depend on the heaviness of the matte surface, the light, and the angle of viewing.
Luckily, I have a 1915 PR66Rd being delivered tomorrow, and will have the opportunity to check the diagnostics against a red counterpart. My experience has been that the "reds" are usually easier to pick up the diagnostics then the browns. .......Usually, but not always : )
Do you have any 1914s you can display in large relief? Brian may have some blow ups of mine (formerly Stewarts') and going to a new buyer. The vertical "chin striations" are nothing short of fantastic......
Duane
Sorry about that. I realize, after looking up your coin, that it is a 66BN, which does not surprise me, as it is a beauty of a coin in color and detail. You just do NOT see perfect coins that have aged perfectly after almost 100 years. Sometimes, it as actually the flaws that add to the charm of the coin. Rim toning is one example I can think of - it is a flaw in the coin (a discoloration of the metal, technically, but beautiful nonetheless).
It was the size of the coin photo that threw me. At 1000%, one is bound to pick up the most minute imperfections on ANY coin. You can show me a PR68 at that magnification, and I could find imperfections. So I would not worry much if I were you. I saw the coin in true size, and it is a fine coin, and graded properly, IMHO.
The beauty of the huge photos, though, is that one really has the opportunity to analyse the die varieties, and I thought that was the question you were posing. So no insult intended. You have a special coin there, no doubt about it! And I want to get as many large photos as I can, as i intend to attelpt and catalog the die varieties (for authentication and ID educational purposes. Keep them coming! Aside from authentication, these large blow up photos look great on the wall as framed works of art. I have them all over my office, and people go ga ga over the detail and color. The tiny imperfections are not the talk of the day!
Sincerely,
Duane
P.S. Lord help me when I start blowing up the photo sizes of my coins!! 'Spots' become mountains......
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
"I think that the obverses have been studied more then the reverses. Does anyone have any good reverse photos of any year? And BTW, NO REVERSE DIAGNOSTICS are presently known (through Albrecht or Wexler/Flynn) for the years 1912 and the 1915 (although I think that I may have identified a few, and plan to share them when I get the large photos)."
Anyone have large photos of the 1915 reverses that may display the following (or other diagnostics??) (I guess we should tackle one year at a time : ) )
Brian-does anything stand out from your eye on the reverses of the '15s you have seen (compared to mint state)?
This string has some wonderful reverse 1915 blown up photos, and I am comparing the 1915 photos with a new 1915 PR66 Red with the 1915 reverses in this string to see if the year contains any 'common' die markers that can be useful for identification of the year from a reverse die state(s). Franky, the Red 1915 that I am analysing is littered with all sorts of diagnostic "red herrings" (pun intended).
But I have noticed a few aspects from my coin of study that appear to be found in the 2 1915 photos herein as well:
1) Lot's of obvious 12:00 o'clock rim action and die lines all through E. PLURIBUS UNUM"; there is so much to study, I do not know how to systematically characterize. Suffice it to say that Matt's 1915 and Bob (though to a lessor extent) display the same die lines, stiriations, die gouges, and such. My best guess is that the diagnostics I am seeing in my coin are pronouned because a) I have a red coin, and the diagnostics are simply easier to see, and a) I am turning the coin around under a light and with magnification;
2) I can see some wonderful rim striations between the coin edge and the wheat ear at 7:00. They resemble the 3:00 obverse striations on a 1912; very pronounced;
3) I can see striations and die chips around the "U" in United, the "O" in Of America, and a die striation within the "C" in Cent'
4) I will stop there, as I do not want to overload : )
But does anyone see these markers in there 1915 coins??
This coin is loaded with markers, and I would like to compare notes with anyone who wants to jump in. I will have a large photo of my 1915 red taken ASAP, which may make things easier, but does anyone look at the reverse of their 1915s and see any of these markers?? I just sold my 1915 brown, and have looked at the truview, but would not run it without the new owner's permission. But it IS a very interesting reverse.
Brian, is there anyway we can get a large photo (I will gladly pay or buy the coin back) of that MS 1915 I gave to you for comparitive purposes?? I know that it is in differant hands now, but because it was a red and high grade, we may be able to use it for elimination purposes.
Duane
totally amazing 15 you got there as with bob's matty's tossed into this thread