Post your Lincolns!

so my comment officially kills the thread?

 

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I don't think the posted coin is a mint product. But Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died in 2009, was on a US Mint Commemorative coin in 1995.

 

I just wanted to see what both of our photos together would look like.



I used diffused lighting because I couldn't capture the color and fight the slab glare with direct lighting. I will assume that Bob successfully used direct lighting for his most awesome photo of a truly monster toned coin.

Bob, your photography is absolutely magnificent, BRAVO!

 

That is not an MPL. I can already tell by the rims and less sharp details than a Proof. You still should be happy with your purchase, that's still a nice coin! That is about how sharp my business strike 1909 VDB is.

 

I thought your iPhone photo was better than both of ours that are posted. I wish you would have done the reverse also.

 

Yeah the slab photos were pretty good.




And yes, that is a blue $10 Borgata Chip under the slab. It is only used in the poker room for $40-$80 Limit Holdem.

 

I love that 1966 Lehigh! Toned copper is always the best copper!

 

No coin is in the same ballpark with robec's 1966 SMS Lincoln Cent! However in the parking lot, behind the team bus, is this unassuming 1957 Proof that I picked up on eBay. I just got the grade (PR65RB) andTrueView photo back from PCGS on Tuesday. It's interesting to me how soft the strike was becoming in the late 1950's -- all the detail on Lincoln's beard is practically gone. Certainly somebody should have been preparing to retool the dies. This almost looks like a cameo to me with the violet/blue toning on Lincoln's bust contrasting with the hot pink and golden yellow field.

 

These Lincolns are not mine. I just love them! All of these are Matte Proofs.

 

Coinguy, what a great grouping of MPLs!

By the way, how did you upload more than 5 photos into a single post? Did CoinTalk change the max number of images (it used to be 5 per post).

Thanks for posting the slabs for the 1911 and 1910 at the top -- i've wanted to see if there were TrueViews of those coins for a while. Sadly no TrueViews appear to be available and the Cert Numbers dont show up in the Cert Verification page, so those coins must have been re-graded/re-slabbed with different Cert Numbers recently.

 

I guess CT did....I didn't even know there was or used to be a picture limit in a post. The 1910 and 1911's at the top were selling on ebay a couple years ago, I think the 1910 was asking $3,000 and the 1911 $2,500. I tried looking up the serial numbers at the time and they didn't show up on the site. So that left me to believe they were re slabbed as well. Still two nice coins!

 

wow ... a new car for a $50 face bag of 1960 small date cents ... what does that work out to in todays values?

 

That's a crazy ad! It's hard to believe they'd actually do that....harder to believe someone could put together 5000 small dates in a bag too!

 

I realize the ad above was printed in what looks like 1963 or 1964 from the car.

I tried converting that into todays prices

I guess it depends on condition of the cents

So the NGC/Numismedia price guide lists a 1960 Small Date Lincoln in MS64 condition worth 11.50 each ... but an AU58 is worth only 59 cents each

$50 face is 5000 cents

5000 x $0.59 = $3,000 for a bag of AU coins
5000 x $11.50 = $55,000 for a bag of MS64 coins

so in today's market
you could buy a nice Mercedes with a bag of MS64's (in theory at least!)
and a workable used car with a bag of AU's

Interesting

 

Just thought I'd post a few more Lincolns. Again these don't belong to me (I wish). I wanted to share them.








I love dreaming....

 

More MPL's! Again, not mine. I just wanted to share.









Here's the auction priced I snipped from ebay of that 1910 MPL that I posted earlier. This was back in 2010 I believe.

 

In my opinion, it is not always about what you own. There is more than one reason for coin shops. Not only do you buy coins, you look at coins that you can't buy, and enjoy every second of it

 

I agree, and I do it every time I walk into a coin shop. I've examined a countless number of coins ranging from $1,000 to $32,000 and I really enjoyed it. And including the MPL's I posted here, I'll never be able to afford one that nice in a while, but that doesn't mean I can't look at them with a wow factor, right?

And the $32,000 coin was a PCGS certified 1916-D Mercury Dime in MS-64 FB. It was a very beautiful coin. It was at a coin show in California, and I never got a chance to photograph it.

 

I also enjoy looking at the sheer amount there. It just always makes me think, dang, that's a lot of coins. First coin show is coming up too, 10-12 of February. Now, if only I can find a vein of gold under my house... the, boom, collection doubles, triples, quadruples. One can dream can't he?