Lincoln 2003 PCGS ms70-Trueview

compromonedas · January 5, 2007 7:42AM

Keith

Connecticoin · January 5, 2007 7:46AM

I see a flaw!! It's overgraded!!

Oops, just crud on my screen.

Nice Pic -- Looks perfect to me!

Dennis88 · January 5, 2007 7:48AM

What's going on right above OF on the reverse??

Nice coin

ss350camaro · January 5, 2007 7:49AM

VERY NICE !

DRUNNER · January 5, 2007 7:50AM

Thanks for posting . . . very schweeeet!!!!!!

Drunner

airedale · January 5, 2007 7:50AM

Beautiful coin & picture. Is that a PCGS picture or yours?

clackamas · January 5, 2007 8:12AM

Looks perfect to me

OneCent · January 5, 2007 9:37AM

Very Nice Coin...

Does Lincoln look like a Werewolf or is it just me!

Swampboy · January 5, 2007 9:42AM

Bully for you and thanks for posting the pic!

ellewood · January 5, 2007 10:11AM

Keith,

Thanks for sharing that photo. You and I have chatted about your coin before via PM - cool to see that you let Phil take a shot at photographing it. I think one of the most challenging things with shooting memorials is getting the lighting right for the fields. I have tried to photograph some of my lincoln memorials at home and lighting the fields EVENLY is just IMPOSSIBLE (I don't care how many lights you use). Although your coin appears to be dark in the fields, I know that it is FAR from that and must be exploding with luster. I recently had my 2006-D business strike TV'd and it too came out somewhat dark in the fields.

What a magnificent coin. People often forget what kind of a microscope that coin is under with TrueView...especially when you use the medium size! Thanks again for sharing.

Added: here's the 2006 P & D business strikes (only 67RD) that I sent in. You can see how difficult lighting the fields can be from one coin to the next...

cladking · January 5, 2007 10:11AM

Wow!!!

I've seen very few Lincolns with better strike and none so clean.

MajorDuty · January 5, 2007 11:55AM

I guess they don't consider those tiny little dents at 6 o'clock on the rim huh?

ChuckC · January 5, 2007 1:17PM

<< I guess they don't consider those tiny little dents at 6 o'clock on the rim huh? >>

I see a larger rim dent directly below the right side of the "3" in 2003!

compromonedas · January 5, 2007 3:58PM

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<< I guess they don't consider those tiny little dents at 6 o'clock on the rim huh? >>

I see a larger rim dent directly below the right side of the "3" in 2003! >>

Yeah! I also see a carbon spot inside the left nostril!!!
Keith

cladking · January 5, 2007 4:13PM

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<< I guess they don't consider those tiny little dents at 6 o'clock on the rim huh? >>

I see a larger rim dent directly below the right side of the "3" in 2003! >>

Yeah! I also see a carbon spot inside the left nostril!!!
Keith

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I've looked at a lot of Lincolns. I've seen a few of the late-'80's Denver
mint coins that could hardly be told from proofs. I've even seen '72's that
were virtually fully struck. I've seen an '09-S VDB with nearly flawless
surfaces.

I've not seen a cleaner Lincoln than this one.

Those are nice 2006's as well but at this level for later dates a miss is as
good as a mile.

clackamas · January 5, 2007 4:54PM

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<< I guess they don't consider those tiny little dents at 6 o'clock on the rim huh? >>

I see a larger rim dent directly below the right side of the "3" in 2003! >>

Yeah! I also see a carbon spot inside the left nostril!!!
Keith

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I've not seen a cleaner Lincoln than this one.
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I concur. I have looked at well over 50K Mint state lincolns and I have never seen one cleaner.

aus3000tin · January 5, 2007 5:01PM

So how much did this coin finally fetch?

Thanks,

Chris

ellewood · January 5, 2007 9:54PM

Those are nice 2006's as well but at this level for later dates a miss is as
good as a mile.

I couldn't agree with you more. Kudos to Clackamas for searching and finding those 2006's for me. If anyone on this board can appreciate just how hard it is to locate true business strike lincolns in 67 or higher, it's him.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 5, 2007 10:21PM

<< So how much did this coin finally fetch?

Thanks,

Chris >>

Somewhere in the vicinity of 12 grand on the 2003. Isn't that amazing ?
Keep in mind , it is the FIRST and ONLY MS70 Lincoln ever graded by PCGS.

I agree with ellewood about finding coins that grade MS67 or above...
They are a tough find. Of course, this is off topic, but try finding any nickel in MS67 if you think the Lincolns are tough !

morgansforever · January 5, 2007 10:34PM

Nice coin, but is that a rim ding above the F in OF on the reverse? Looks like it to me, MS69RD.

Steve · January 6, 2007 1:00AM

It's amazing to me that people cannot distinguish between absolute perfection and a grade of MS70 on a coin. Steve

TwoSides2aCoin · January 6, 2007 1:05AM

<< It's amazing to me that people cannot distinguish between absolute perfection and a grade of MS70 on a coin. Steve

>>

We have that same difficulty with perpetual motion, too

compromonedas · January 6, 2007 1:26AM

<< Nice coin, but is that a rim ding above the F in OF on the reverse? Looks like it to me, MS69RD.

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yeah! A huge plastic piece!!! MS67!!

Keith

MajorDuty · January 6, 2007 1:51AM

Just for the record, this is by far the finest Lincoln I've ever seen. Congratulations, compromonedas. I just expected a 70 to be void of even the tiniest depression on even the most remote regions of the coin. It's worth the grade received.

Moose1913 · January 6, 2007 1:52AM

Check out the large version... wow.

19Lyds · January 6, 2007 4:01AM

This coin must have caused quite a stir in the grading room when it came through! That would have been something to see!

I can only imagine the "finalizer's" reactions and the discussions that followed!

Thanks for posting!

dbldie55 · January 6, 2007 4:02AM

<< This coin must have caused quite a stir in the grading room when it came through! That would have been something to see!

I can only imagine the "finalizer's" reactions and the discussions that followed!

Thanks for posting! >>

They graded 3 of them MS70 and this was the only one to get past the finalizer.

ellewood · January 6, 2007 4:41AM

Never in my life have I seen such a perfectly struck memorial on the reverse AND been able to actually count the steps (for the record, I believe there is 18 steps). Talk about FS.

LincolnsRule · January 6, 2007 5:04AM

It truly is a great coin, but there's the problem with grading, as there's no set standard or rules, and if resubmitted it very well could grade ms69 because of the rim or just the graders being overly cautious.

pf70collector · January 6, 2007 5:33AM

Congrats. According to PCGS Standards it is a MS 70.

Aegis3 · January 6, 2007 2:57PM

<< Congrats. According to PCGS Standards it is a MS 70. >>

So much for PCGS standards then.

RegistryCoin · January 14, 2007 11:22AM

That is a great picture of a great coin! Congratulations. Thanks for putting up the image.
You are a good man Keith!

compromonedas · January 14, 2007 11:25AM

<< That is a great picture of a great coin! Congratulations. Thanks for putting up the image.
You are a good man Keith!

>>

Thanks! Please tell this to my In-Laws

Keith

Lincoln 2003 PCGS ms70-Trueview

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