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MS 65 + please send $50 PayPow Gift, for this assessment.
MS65 RD
I would say MS-64, Red.
The coin is pristine with respect to preservation, but it may have been net graded because of the bubbles in the copper coating. I've seen examples of this coin where the bubbles broke open, exposing the zinc below. I would avoid such coins because the zinc is not stable and can corrode.
Those plating bubbles bother me, a lot.
SO, I'll go 63RD
BHNC #203
I agree Bill. These errors are notorious for the bubbling. However , it's tough finding specimens that don't have that, or die polish lines that appear to be scratches.
I had one in my collection for a while that had no bubbles. I think it was an NGC MS-66, Red. I had it graded. I sold it when I was dealer.
I also saw a raw one which had a lot of the zinc showing from a big broken bubble. I would not have wanted anything to do with that piece. You could put it an envelope, leave it for five years, and come back to find an envelope full of the dust or something close to it.
People don't realize it, but the modern cent is pretty fragile. If you lose one on the ground it will have dissolved in a year's time
The pictures give me the impression that the surfaces could, mark-wise, be in the MS-67 range. But I don't know how the TPG factors in the plating bubbles if at all.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
Bubbles.
Man, they kill cents from the 1983-85 years!
I was fortunate to find one of these babies roll searching a couple of years ago, and it graded 64rd and had no bubbles. Once in a lifetime find for me!
Yours looks 64, 65, but those bubbles are a distraction for sure.
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Nice coin, those bubbles alway kept me away from early 80's cents.
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I would have guessed 66+.
Nice coin.
This is the problem with trying to grade Lincoln cents (or any small coin) in photos.
When you blow up a grape to the size of a plum, it of course looks differently. Variety photos are sometimes extremely enlarged, and we pick up on every tick like some huge scar.
Nice coin, but the bubbles would still concern me on a high value coin.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
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Nice coin... I had it pegged for 65+.... the bubbles are a distraction.... Cheers, RickO
congrats!
wow!
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One of my favorite coins. The bubbles and polishing lines give the coin character like no other.
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My first impression was 68R
Tom
Polishing lines will be the same on every coin produced from this die, but the "bubbles" are plating blisters on the planchets themselves. I'm not sure if I agree that they give the coin "character," as most collectors view them as the kiss of death on their coins.
By the way, the signature die marking for this variety is the obverse polishing lines in the northwest quadrant behind Lincoln's head.
They are on every specimen I have seen
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Just saw this but would`ve took a WAG at 67.
Can't believe I would have actually got it right for a change
What I understood about the bubbles is that its trapped gas. When they pop it makes for a great coin pretty much worthless, or worth a lot less.
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Nice clean overall color, 67 is a bit much in my book..............it is what it is. I like it.
Pete
Regardless of the bubbles in the surface on the coin, I really love this Doubled Date. Very pronounced and easy to see to the naked eye without any extra magnification needed. My kinda DD