(: 1931-S Lincoln Cent :)

SpaceMonkey

not new to the collection but newly imaged by MG

I know it's not the most spectacular ever... but... your thoughts on this coin?













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Bochiman

My thoughts?
Nice strike, fine color, but too many little carbon spots for me.

Here's how bad I am at grading these right now.....I would have thought, from just the pictures alone, that it was high-end XF to low-end AU.
Never would have thought it graded what it did.

lasvegasteddy

my thoughts..how did that ever land in a ms holder?
i'm even a lil surprized it holdered

SpaceMonkey

<< <i>my thoughts..how did that ever land in a ms holder? >>






yes... I am a bit perplexed on this coin...

This was from my grandpa's collection... i sent it in just cuz and I was a bit surprised myself... but... there is a fair amount of luster in the coin... maybe it was a toss up from AU - MS?


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lasvegasteddy

so sorry if you took any offence with it being from your grandfather

SpaceMonkey

<< <i>so sorry if you took any offence with it being from your grandfather >>




are you kidding? of course not... it is just a coin . I sent it in just cuzzzz... I hate having keys/semi keys raw... and if i do I tend to either want to certify or sell... just gives me a bit of piece of mind.





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Swampboy

The grade puzzles me as well.
But I like it. I like it a lot. Warts and all.

SpaceMonkey

i don't know if a i like it or not... but it was grandpa's... so I guess it gets extra points... maybe I wrote that on the submission form and thus the extra points? hummmm.... can't remember.







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ArizonaJack

WOW, lol, Congrats !

Boom

Now - I am totally confused and - SPEECHLESS!

291fifth

Another AU coin in an MS62 holder.

oxy8890

It looks au-55 to me.

But then again, the person who graded it, is a professional who gets paid alot of money to grade coins everyday. I'm sure he knows something that I do not.

ziggy29

The '31-S Lincoln, like the '50-D Jeff, is the "anti-1884-S Morgan" in terms of condition census. These are so common in MS that market grading AU coins into MS holders is rampant. Contrast that with something like the '84-S Morgan, where many common-date Morgans that would market grade 62 or 63 are put into 55 and 58 holders virtually every time and where even the slightest "cabinet friction" will get it into an AU slab.

I guess consistency is too much to ask for.

tahoe98

.........very nice coin! i am a little surprised on the grade too, it appears something slid across his face..

FishyOne

Nice color and strike - the reverse is hammered!

Looks to be market graded as a 62. Probably a AU58 Super Slider!

AnkurJ

I love the history behind this coin. Such a low mintage, and during a very difficult time in the US.

BECOKA

Somehow it is beautiful and ugly at the same time.

I would have pegged it as AU58 but it has tones of luster so maybe PCGS is chalking the wear up to stacking friction on the high points.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

kinda a funky looking piece.

yellowjacket

I'm with Bochiman on this one. It's an average piece and certainly not MS.

But I wouldn't kick it out of bed even if it was eating crackers! Nice coin.

Garrow

PTVETTER

I can't go with the MS grade Sorry