Think this zincoln is worth submitting? Grade guess??

ambro51

Looks pretty good...

Manorcourtman

Nice coin and pic. I'd say 67 or 8. A 68 just sold on eBay for less than $4 eBay These come very nice from the 2003 Mint sets often. I presume that's where it's from?

illini420

MS70RD at a minimum

djm

Maybe its just my eyes, but is that coin a DDO Varity?

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Shamika

Looks just about perfect! If you're going to submit a 2003 Lincoln, your's is a good candidate.

GrumpyEd

The obv is nice.

The rev looks like it has a slight rinse spot or something below the last A of America.
From the pic the steps look not as nice as some 2003s, not sure how graders feel about that as a limiter.

Still probably a 67 or better.

ambro51

...........THAT coin my friends, which is NOT mine..... Is the famous MS70RD business strike which was dethroned

GrumpyEd

I forget the story on it.

Was it downgraded? Did it spot? Was it just that area on the rev?

WingedLiberty1957

Funny post. It took me a while to get your "zincoln" reference (I am slow).

By the way, I hate the way they retooled the dies on the modern Lincoln. Talk about cartoonish looking!

ambro51

Ummmm. They DID redo the Lincoln cent obverse in 2010 and indeed now it is extremely close to Brenners design, and early Lincoln's. Btw this post is great since it shows that even on a 70 we have a few here who call 67. Congrats to the MS70RD response....either ya got a good eye or a good memory. I think one thing that made that coin special was the flatness of the fields. Most dies are wavy

WingedLiberty1957

Well thanks for setting me straight, ambro.

I have to admit I never handle change anymore (thanks to plastic) and was not aware the Mint went back to the OLD OLD design in 2010. Praise for that decision.
I will have to go find a 2012 penny and take a gander.

Those spaghetti-haired zincolns from the early 2000's were just awful looking.

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>Btw this post is great since it shows that even on a 70 we have a few here who call 67. >>


ya, from a 2D image on a computer screen. Hardly credible to gauge grading ability.
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GrumpyEd

I forgot the story so I had to search for the thread about it downgrading.

Is it the same coin?

thread on it downgrading