Help Me Grade This 1931 s Lincoln Cent

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• lkenefic Posts: 8,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 25, 2017 2:10PM

  I'm only seeing broken links for images...

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• BillJones Posts: 34,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 25, 2017 2:35PM

  It is hard tell from those images. The piece has some toning, but the luster looks odd. My gut says Unc. details, cleaned. If the color and surfaces are natural, it's only an MS-60 because of a lot of clatter on Lincoln's shoulder and coat.

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• Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 25, 2017 2:47PM

  Coin not natural. Color "off." Tiny amount of insignificant rub. I agree Unc details, Cleaned or Artificial color.

  I'd sell it as an MS-63 and sleep like a baby!

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 7:37AM

  A lot of chatter on Lincoln's shoulder and up a ways.... color seems off...likely dipped.... Cheers, RickO

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• COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 7:39AM

  It looks UNC but I agree the color looks a bit weird

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• TomB Posts: 21,936 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 7:39AM

  Unless the lighting is such that the color is way off and somehow the luster is misrepresented, as well, I would have to say the coin looks exactly like one that has been lightly and previously cleaned and then dipped.

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• WoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 7:42AM

  I see it as 'damage' on Lincoln's coat, not bag marks...details grade only.

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• ChrisH821 Posts: 6,646 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 8:16AM

  Isn't the high point chatter from the original planchet not fully filling the die?

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• Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 8:27AM edited July 26, 2017 8:30AM

  @ChrisH821 said:
  Isn't the high point chatter from the original planchet not fully filling the die?

  MOST of it is PROBABLY from the planchet but it appears much rougher and deeper than usual + the yellowish color on the shoulder MAY BE glue. Probably not considered damage.

  We collectors tend to see everything as PMD, cleaning....and "glue." LOL.

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• BillJones Posts: 34,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 8:31AM

  @ChrisH821 said:
  Isn't the high point chatter from the original planchet not fully filling the die?

  No. It looks like the kind of thing that happens when you drop a cent in parking lot and step on it a few times.

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• Treashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 10:11AM

  unc, possible details

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• asheland Posts: 23,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 26, 2017 10:43AM

  AU58 details. It looks dipped.

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