1959-D Cent - Grading Help
dipset512
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I sent this 1959-D in to get graded and it came back MS-66. Can someone critique this one and help me see where I went wrong thinking it would come back a bit higher.
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Marks are apparent in the left obverse field behind Lincoln’s head and on portions of both sides of reverse steps.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Shoulder marks are pretty rough. Would be glad of the grade.
Jim
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Thanks! This helps me for in the future.
I wouldn't have gotten that graded.
Gotta pay tuition to learn
Don't waste your money having ultra common date coins graded in the hope you will score a top-pop. You are far more likely to just strike out. Your 1959-D is strike one.
Not the intent. To Learn. I'll throw in a coin with a batch of others that I know is used as a learning tool.
All you are really learning is that on the day your coin was graded someone thought it was the assigned grade. In the world of ultra-high grade moderns the same coin on another day or with a different grader could easily be graded differently. It really isn't a "learning tool" it is just a waste of money (my opinion, which is free).
Sure. Thanks for your response.
I'd be happey to get the MS-66. At least in the good old days, these coins had to flow on water to make more than MS-66.
Its a classic 66RD. That is a tough date and hard to find like that. As others have stated the hits did you in. The chatter on the memorial steps do as well.
What did you expect?
Are you having fun?
Your eye is 1.5 points off the grader.
Keep grinding with that in mind.
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I was thinking MS-67. This is me looking at a bunch from CoinFacts & Auction results. I haven't seen any in hand though. Fun - Of Course! Thanks for the tip.
Keep enjoying the thrill of submission . . . . your eye is solid but the task of getting a 67 on that era of Lincoln is daunting. There is good, if sometimes abrupt advice above, from solid numismatists. Your attitude seems perfect for the long haul . . .
Drunner
Well done at not taking the bait. Pretty uncommon around here.
Smitten with DBLCs.
That is a really nice coin for the year/mint with a nice full strike. The rev is what really held it back imo, the marks in the left obv field are borderline but the rev with the marks (or stains) around the memorial and general busyness of small nicks and ticks is why it didn't grade higher. Another day, another grader/TPG who knows it might get into a 67 holder someday.
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I don’t think there was any “bait” to take. The post was sensible and a good caution about a “learning tool”.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
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Smitten with DBLCs.
How do I improve?
How do I overcome not having hundreds of coins to view in hand daily or weekly?
True Views can help, but in hand is best teacher.
I took my experience from the ANA grading course. A box of twenty with grades covered.
Built grading sets from my "mistakes" and built them from profits.
Some need/like buying plastic with beans.
A smarter approach, but one that bores me TBH
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