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A very different '21-S Lincoln. Grade it!

lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I came across this 1921-S on ebay. A Heritage auction, no less. Can you guess the grade assigned by NGC? Below the pix is a link to the actual auction, if you're just dying to know.

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Answer here!

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's the kind of coin that destroys the reputation of the grading service that slabbed it. It should have been bodybagged for negative eye appeal.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,273 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't looked at the auction link, but it appears to be a mid-grade MS coin with woodgrain toning. There is nothing wrong with certifying such coins, you simply have to remember that the image is quite poor.
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think it's the coin that's bad as much as the photo. Without peeking I bet that coin graded 65RB.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭✭✭
    64RB
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm guessing it didn't get a Star?
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I don't like it and I think it got a 62RB
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    I would guess it's a low grade MS but there's no way to grade it from this photo.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    I'll be the oddball and say I love it. I need that date for my woody set.
    Tough to grade from pics so I'll decline
    " YOU SUCK " Awarded 5/18/08
  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    NGC 64 RB Heritage

    OOOPs. I missed the linkeroo.

    Garrow
  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭
    not worth grading.should bb.image
  • Rob790Rob790 Posts: 547 ✭
    Beautiful! I love wood grain toning. I'm sure it's a lot better looking in person.
  • fcfc Posts: 12,796 ✭✭✭
    how in the world should that ever get a RB?
    negative eye appeal indeed.

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