Help me grade this 1957d wheat penny
Npacy2
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Npacy2
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Npacy2
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My gut says 65RB, but I will defer to experts here.
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Ms-67. No doubt
It's clean enough that I think it could be a 66, but the scratch on the back of the head hurts. I think the mottled color on the reverse keeps it as a RB, but maybe it looks more red in hand. So, depending on how representative the photos are, between 65RB and 66RD. Looks like a really nice coin for a Lincoln album but not worth submitting.
65RB. Looks nice.
Lance.
Oh...and welcome!
Lance.
I'd give it 65RB as well.
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65/66 RB. Nice coin.
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I'm in the 65rb camp
I love it. I just went through some 50s unc rolls and all you see are chips and drops of metal or weak reverses and BIE's, weak IT in United.. very problematic years.. I found maybe 8 I'd put in the 66+ camp after hundreds upon hundreds. I'd save these, it really is a hard date to find a very nice one that is not a problem coin or error coin.
Of the 4600 or so submitted for grading...the very best collectors and dealers could find, only 100 earned 66+. About one in 45.
Another one in 45 earned 67.
High grade 57D's need to be spectacular. Here's my 66.
Lance
Oh my.
Beautiful coin... Is there something going on with the B in Liberty?
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@Npacy2.... Welcome aboard.... I would give it a 65RB... Let us know if you decide to have it graded. Cheers, RickO
This example is not without faults. It's a 66, no better. Often Lincolns are graded more by their color and flash than incidental nicks. Luster and eye appeal count a lot.
That's a die chip in B. You see these often in dates too, especially the latest year wheaties. You can see one developing inside the 9.
Lance.
Thanks for the help!