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1911 Matte Proof

BruceswarBruceswar Posts: 2,869
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Give me your thoughts on this one. Sorry for the bad images. I will take some better ones soon I hope. Before anybody ask the diagnostics are all there for an MPL.


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The Bruce Lee Collection


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    drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Certainly looks as a very nice MPL.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't care for that spot on the reverse and am concerned that it may continue to grow.

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    BruceswarBruceswar Posts: 2,869


    << <i>I don't care for that spot on the reverse and am concerned that it may continue to grow. >>



    That spot looks ok to me in hand. Maybe it will hold. I will ask one of my local dealers to see what he thinks also in hand.
    The Bruce Lee Collection


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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I also like it, except for the reverse spot.
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Image looks juiced. Sorry
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    chieftain1chieftain1 Posts: 107
    My thoughts are that the doubling of the Y in LIBERTY is a dead ringer diagnostic for the MPL. As far as grade, the spot bothers me also...........but still an eye-popper if that is the true color.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i dont like the color of it. jmo
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,869 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>i dont like the color of it. jmo >>



    I'm with you, Johnny. The coin, the photo or both look like they have been juiced. That does not look like a natural toned surface to me.
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    JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭
    That is one amazing looking coin.
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    mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    i'm with perry hall... that spot will grow.
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    MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,192 ✭✭✭✭
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bruce, how accurate is the color? MPL's can be spectacular but this looks very unusual.

    Hard to say if that spot is alive or not. But I would watch it. I noticed a tiny one on a very flashy '55-S. So I shot pix and stored it safely away. I'll pull it out every few months and compare.
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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,236 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I feel the beauty of these coins lies in the matte finish in the fields and I think these psychedelic colors hide that beauty. Hope the photos are juiced.
    Jim

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    GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭


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    << <i>i dont like the color of it. jmo >>



    I'm with you, Johnny. The coin, the photo or both look like they have been juiced. That does not look like a natural toned surface to me. >>


    I agree..even though the Matte surfaces are of a different texture ..it's the lighting probably...image
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    BruceswarBruceswar Posts: 2,869
    Let me shoot this at some different angles.. You will see what I mean.
    The Bruce Lee Collection


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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, I mean WOW!

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do not like it.
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    BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The reverse pattern is somewhat similar to this 1914 I used to own:


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    lusterloverlusterlover Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭✭
    Any update on this? I assume it would have been submitted by now. Genuine? AT?
    pcgs.com/SetRegistry/half-cents/lincoln-cents-specialty-sets/lincoln-cents-basic-set-colorless-matte-proof-1909-1916/publishedset/102180
    https://pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/2819

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