@masterwax2000 said:
realistically your strike isn't great. the hair doesn't show the curves and whirls . field below the memorial has a few lines. you asked ...
I also searched rolls of 63 and 63-D Lincolns several years ago. The OP coin pictured is very nice but I see it as a nice 65, maybe a 66 on a good day. There are just too many ticks for a 67. Send it in and see what happens. PCGS is just brutal on these early Memorial cents!
Just to refresh your memory these are all 67+ so the bar is really set too high for my coin huh?
Yes. If you look with your eyes and not your heart, those coins have fewer marks and seemingly better luster than yours.
I don't understand your need to make dozens of posts insisting we agree. Send it in. You're not going to convince us. And, obviously, you're not going to change your mind. In fact, i expect you to argue that PCGS is wrong when it comes back 65 or 66.
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Please post the results when the coin(s) come back from our hosts. I have a few '63-D OBW rolls and the couple of rolls I have gone through have some decent coins in them I think, I mean who wouldn't like 62 year old bright red copper? But not sure that they would grade high enough to warrant sending them in. In fact I am sure of it!
@masterwax2000 said:
I am starting this thread back up again because I think I have found a promising 1963 D Lincoln cent that I think should grade at MS67 + I have looked high and low for this coin exclusively for the last couple of years . I stopped for a few months and gave others a chance to buy rolls I would have then looked and saw 3 sold and 7 available and bought them for 20 bucks a roll. I have bought from this seller several times and the coins were always clean and unsearched so I knew it could possibly be in one of them. Last roll last 1o or so coins I found it. I had 10 or so set aside as maybe's but I knew they wouldn't make the grade . This coin has it all I think. Cartwheel Luster , Great clean Eye appeal, Great Strike on both sides and only a few minor nicks . I have read that Luster can add to a coins grade well that should push mine to where it belongs MS67+. I have only had the coin a couple of days so I am still in shock , but I will take it to my local coin shop and have them submit it to PCGS for grading soon
@masterwax2000 said:
8 more pictures I just took. I will take some more in the morning in the sunlight before I take it to the coin shop.
Pictures are real nice. When I start looking at the rim for hits I know it's nice. If the grader knows how tough these are it could get a pretty good grade. I'm not sure to suggest soaking it in acetone or not. It seems they and collectors don't mind the haze that much.
Just to refresh your memory these are all 67+ so the bar is really set too high for my coin huh?
Yes. If you look with your eyes and not your heart, those coins have fewer marks and seemingly better luster than yours.
I don't understand your need to make dozens of posts insisting we agree. Send it in. You're not going to convince us. And, obviously, you're not going to change your mind. In fact, i expect you to argue that PCGS is wrong when it comes back 65 or 66.
I didn't say what was wrong with them. but there are 4 things to consider. eye appeal maybe? even if they give it a 67+ you will say it didn't deserve it so it is what it is.
Not true. I don't believe pictures are ever definitive.
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Just to refresh your memory these are all 67+ so the bar is really set too high for my coin huh?
Yes. If you look with your eyes and not your heart, those coins have fewer marks and seemingly better luster than yours.
I don't understand your need to make dozens of posts insisting we agree. Send it in. You're not going to convince us. And, obviously, you're not going to change your mind. In fact, i expect you to argue that PCGS is wrong when it comes back 65 or 66.
I didn't say what was wrong with them. but there are 4 things to consider. eye appeal maybe? even if they give it a 67+ you will say it didn't deserve it so it is what it is.
Not true. I don't believe pictures are ever definitive.
And it wouldn't matter if you and everyone else here thought the coin should grade 68 - what counts is what PCGS grades it.
Yet, @masterwax2000 keeps posting pictures and stating his case to anyone who will look.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I'm leaving since you are not happy for me and pretty much the opposite. I'll be back when it comes back from PCGS
We're not at all unhappy for you.
Exactly.
Just because we disagree or think you are wrong doesn't mean that we HOPE you are wrong and wish you the worst. If you want consensus, asking for opinions on an internet message board is the wrong place to do it.
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Not a 63-D but a 63 nonetheless. Just received it back in change today. They're still out there in this kind of shape still circulating after all these years.
1964 Lincoln NOT a 1963-D
Why do you keep comparing?
are you going to compare a 36 to a 26-s? No the strikes are different and so much more... Why keep posting photos of BU No 1963-d images when you are trying to get a 63-d graded?
Like me posting a 1917 and compare it to a 25-s; There are differences... Nuances of each date make them easier or harder to find. Some come with BOOMING luster and some come with matte looks... I know you think you found the top pop 63-d and I hope you did... But please stop posting 61, 62 and 64 dates trying to compare... They are different
@masterwax2000 said:
all the remainder of my thousands of pennies went to coinstar .
Yeah, I sold hundreds of rolls for nominal prices and hauled thousands to the bank. But I was able to save back many dozens of nice Gems and varieties even including a few nice '63-D's. I don't know why collectors think that these coins will all always be there when you can find many of them today in circulation.
Why do we assume there will never be any demand for a nice attractive '63-d or 1968 penny?
I even released 20 nice gemmy rolls of '60-D sm dts. I only saved solid Gem (MS-66) and better.
@masterwax2000 said:
after my coin comes back and I share the results I will never post on here again. I don't feel welcome. actually I feel the opposite.
Don't let it get to you. There's a lot of hazing of the new guy everywhere.
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Chances of seeing this coin in a PCGS slab posted to this thread?
Smitten with DBLCs.
yeah but I found that out the last time I sent them off…
Well, there you go!
Wondercoin
LOL Ok McFly.
Zero.
Chances of this being an alt?
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Alternative ID
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I also searched rolls of 63 and 63-D Lincolns several years ago. The OP coin pictured is very nice but I see it as a nice 65, maybe a 66 on a good day. There are just too many ticks for a 67. Send it in and see what happens. PCGS is just brutal on these early Memorial cents!
Yes. If you look with your eyes and not your heart, those coins have fewer marks and seemingly better luster than yours.
I don't understand your need to make dozens of posts insisting we agree. Send it in. You're not going to convince us. And, obviously, you're not going to change your mind. In fact, i expect you to argue that PCGS is wrong when it comes back 65 or 66.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Please post the results when the coin(s) come back from our hosts. I have a few '63-D OBW rolls and the couple of rolls I have gone through have some decent coins in them I think, I mean who wouldn't like 62 year old bright red copper?
But not sure that they would grade high enough to warrant sending them in. In fact I am sure of it!
K
Nice pics
Pictures are real nice. When I start looking at the rim for hits I know it's nice. If the grader knows how tough these are it could get a pretty good grade. I'm not sure to suggest soaking it in acetone or not. It seems they and collectors don't mind the haze that much.
Not true. I don't believe pictures are ever definitive.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
And it wouldn't matter if you and everyone else here thought the coin should grade 68 - what counts is what PCGS grades it.
Yet, @masterwax2000 keeps posting pictures and stating his case to anyone who will look.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I'm looking forward to seeing the follow up post - no matter what it grades - it'll be interesting.
We're not at all unhappy for you.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Not happy for you < Indifference toward you.
Simply waiting for PCGS's professional opinion.
Exactly.
Just because we disagree or think you are wrong doesn't mean that we HOPE you are wrong and wish you the worst. If you want consensus, asking for opinions on an internet message board is the wrong place to do it.
Kids these days are so sensitive.
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This thread:
I got one.
Nuh uh.
Yeah Huh.
[rinse, repeat]
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I hope you score with your Lincoln !
Not a 63-D but a 63 nonetheless. Just received it back in change today. They're still out there in this kind of shape still circulating after all these years.
Oh brother.
I did. You're right. It looks much better than yours.
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Good answer—
1964 Lincoln NOT a 1963-D
Why do you keep comparing?
are you going to compare a 36 to a 26-s? No the strikes are different and so much more... Why keep posting photos of BU No 1963-d images when you are trying to get a 63-d graded?
Like me posting a 1917 and compare it to a 25-s; There are differences... Nuances of each date make them easier or harder to find. Some come with BOOMING luster and some come with matte looks... I know you think you found the top pop 63-d and I hope you did... But please stop posting 61, 62 and 64 dates trying to compare... They are different
Literally 46% of the posts in this thread are yours.
Yeah, I sold hundreds of rolls for nominal prices and hauled thousands to the bank. But I was able to save back many dozens of nice Gems and varieties even including a few nice '63-D's. I don't know why collectors think that these coins will all always be there when you can find many of them today in circulation.
Why do we assume there will never be any demand for a nice attractive '63-d or 1968 penny?
I even released 20 nice gemmy rolls of '60-D sm dts. I only saved solid Gem (MS-66) and better.
Don't let it get to you. There's a lot of hazing of the new guy everywhere.