@Elcontador said:
Planchet / striking flaws are common and routinely ignored in grading some coins. The 1855 Large and Half Cents, even in MS 65, typically have mushy dentils on 1/3 of the coin's obverse. I have yet to see one of either with full dentils. A Capped Bust Half specialist can point to some MS 65s and 6s of some varieties that are routinely not fully struck, missing detail, etc.
I agree with this, but my guess is that some of the difficulty comes from this being considered a modern by many. Is it common for straight-graded Lincolns to have planchet / striking flaws?
@Elcontador said:
Planchet / striking flaws are common and routinely ignored in grading some coins. The 1855 Large and Half Cents, even in MS 65, typically have mushy dentils on 1/3 of the coin's obverse. I have yet to see one of either with full dentils. A Capped Bust Half specialist can point to some MS 65s and 6s of some varieties that are routinely not fully struck, missing detail, etc.
I agree with this, but my guess is that some of the difficulty comes from this being considered a modern by many. Is it common for straight-graded Lincolns to have planchet / striking flaws?
I would not think a closed collar coin would fit into the same category, but I'm old school. Grading standards have changed since the mid 1990s, when Scott Travers said to the effect that the best grade you can find on a classic coin was MS 67 (and I may have seen five or ten of them in the mid to late 1990s).
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I agree with this, but my guess is that some of the difficulty comes from this being considered a modern by many. Is it common for straight-graded Lincolns to have planchet / striking flaws?
RareCoin Market Report, May/June 2021, page 31.
Even a MS70 can have minor mint made imperfections for Modern. It gets a little cloudy - Not known in vintage coins.
But were talking 67. (page 32)
I would not think a closed collar coin would fit into the same category, but I'm old school. Grading standards have changed since the mid 1990s, when Scott Travers said to the effect that the best grade you can find on a classic coin was MS 67 (and I may have seen five or ten of them in the mid to late 1990s).
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
From an eye appeal, artistic perspective if the planchet is the canvas then I would not want a crease or fold or whatever.
I get the technical grading.
Eye appeal...its the coolest.
not net graded
I agree, its overgraded.