1936 Linc 1c MS 64?

I am still working on my grading skills. I believe this coin may be an MS64. Could someone double check me please? Thanks.

 

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Nice piece! I think 63 at least.

 

Would those small contact marks prevent it from reaching 64 or 65. Just need some guidance

 

It may just be the photo, or it may just be my monitor, but I would say whizzed. I don't like the look of the surfaces at all.

 

How can you tell if a coin has been whizzed. It seems pretty normal for this newbie, but if it is what do I need to look for.

 

Here's an article, but keep in mind I could be wrong. The surface just looks wrong to me, with too many tiny marks covering the whole thing.

http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2194.chtml

 

You can tell if it has been whizzed because the surfaces are covered with many tiny scratches. I do not think this had been whizzed. You pictures don't show the luster well. Assuming that it has nice luster, I would say 64.

 

Something about that obverse just looks microscopically(so to speak) beat to heck to me. The reverse doesn't look as bad though.

 

I saw what you are talking about. I am nearly positive that is not from whizzing. I assumed that it was from his pictures.

 

There is some scratching and slight dig near the mouth would go with a 62 or 63 here

 

it might be the pics however as mentioned, the obverse is lacking luster, the reverse is show a better reflection indicative of luster. are we sure this isn't RB?

I'm going 63RB

when posting pics and asking others for opinions to test your own grading opinions, do your best to represent the coins main characteristics in the image to how it looks in hand.

In other words, if the coins best attribute is that it is lustrous, do your best to get the coin to show those highlights that luster creates.

If details are its best feature. Do your best to get high resolution in the image.

If color is outstanding or unique do your best to capture the coin's color in hand and check it against your monitor - presuming of course that your colors are calibrated and accurate.

Lighting is everything when capturing a coin. Here are 2 shots of the same coin, the only difference is that one image has the lighting seriously diffused - the other has the coin lit directly - over exposing the high points to represent luster.