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1991 No S Proof Lincoln Cent

aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
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Is this a known rarity?
Is this a proof coin?

ebay link

Thanks,

Chris

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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    The 1990 proof Lincoln is known with less than 200 believed to exist. There is no record of a 1991 no S proof Lincoln. I see nothing about this coin that would lead me to believe it is a proof.
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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What is he thinking about? NOT...
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭✭
    Just looks like a normal, Philly, business strike to me.

    ... But let's just see how high the bids fly. image

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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just looks like a normal, Philly, business strike to me. >>



    image Has anyone reported this to eBay?

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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Just looks like a normal, Philly, business strike to me. >>



    image Has anyone reported this to eBay? >>



    I messaged the seller informing them it was not a proof. We'll see what they say.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No end to the scams....Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,775 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a Maroon!!!
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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    I'm not sure what's worse.
    The person selling it or the bidder paying $5 for it. image
    Ed
  • CEOcoinshopcomCEOcoinshopcom Posts: 350 ✭
    Bummer.... was really hoping somebody found a new one.

    All the pictures didn't help, the side view really shows the lack of thickness that a proof has.
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  • UNCOnlyUNCOnly Posts: 156


    << <i>Is this a known rarity?
    Is this a proof coin?

    ebay link

    Thanks,

    Chris >>



    That coin in the eBay link, is not a proof. If you look at the image where the coin for sale is next to a genuine proof coin, look at the rims, the proof coin has squared rim and edge, wherein the coin for sale has a rounded rim, which is a business strike.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Although I don't know the seller's 'motivation',
    I get calls and emails all the time from people
    who find a 1990 cent, or any of the other dates
    of "S-Less" Proof coinage, and see the column
    listing the "S" less price, and, without a mintmark
    on THEIR coin, they think/assume/hope it's the
    rare proof.

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  • UNCOnlyUNCOnly Posts: 156
    I emailed that seller myself and was told, in his reply, to go educate myself on numismatics.

    I guess 35 years of collecting, and being able to distinguish the difference between a proof and business strike is not enough?
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    It's a PCGS conspiracy that we don't acknowledge this sellers acumen.

    Let's all bid this coin up and have some fun. I'm in for $100...of course it would get returned if it ever got paid for.

    Guess I'm too late for the fun it's been sold. Wish I had seen it earlier.
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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Let's all bid this coin up and have some fun. I'm in for $100...of course it would get returned if it ever got paid for. >>



    Or offer him $10K but tell him he must first get it graded and labeled as a 1991 no S proof by PCGS. haha... image
    Ed

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