Any guesses on the weighting for the wheat Lincolns?

MastaHanky

Which coin will get the "10" weight. Will it be the 1926-S? The 1914-S? The 1914-D? I don't think it'll be the 1909S-VDB, because you have to admit that they're fairly common, just expensive. Any guesses on if they'll go by which coins are hardest to get in full red, or the coin that's hardest to get in general?

Keyrock

The condition rarity will be interesting a 26S is fairly commom in low MS grades 60, 61 but try to get that at a gem Red!

I think the 14D will be a 10, some of the teen S and D cents will be 3 - 5 range, and some of the twenty S and D cents will be 4 - 8.

I think a 09 S VDB will weight around a 5.

It will be truly interesting to see how it plays out!

RELLA

I think that the 24-S won't end up too far behind the 26-S with other S mints like 23,21,18 and 16 being one more step behind. When you look at the whole series and try to rank them using a scale of 1-10 it becomes problematic. What do you do with dates like the 31-D and 31-S? If the 1934-1958 issues all rank 1 or 2, do you give a 3 to the 1932s and 1933s along with dates like 19, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29? If you assume that...then shouldn't the 31-D and 31-S be at least 4; and then what do you give dates such as the 15 and 15-D? I could see many early dates range from 5 upward...just my two cents worth.

RELLA

Gerry

This discussion highlights the fact that, like itor not, an appropriate weight for an issue depends on its grade. However, the system PCGS has developed and is sticking with doesn’t allow for variable weights. I’m told that the NGC system does. So, any set of weights that PCGS adopts is going to be subject to some controversy as different people look at different ends of the scale.

I like to look at the high end, so I would give most of the coins with low top pops high weights; for example, the 1926S which is pop 1 in 65, the 1919S which is pop 1 in 66, the 1927D which is a pop 2 in 66 or the 1931 which is pop 4 in 67.

As a side issue, I wonder if the wheats will be split into two sets – 1909 to 1933 and 1934 to 1958 (how about a poll MastaHanky). At one time there was talk of that, and I do believe that Lincoln proofs are going to be split into 3 sets.

merz2

You guys have overlooked the obvious one,1922 No D.That coin would have to be a 10.IMHO

Keyrock

Yep, the 22 no D (and 55 DD) I agree would be 10s.

lazeroo

27-s in 67rd?

fantasiize

Don,

I don't know, that 36 in pr66 looked like a 10 to me last spring at the Baltimore show ...