1951-D wheat cent grade?

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Which company graded it?

 

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It's not encapsulated, I am just asking you opinion on the grade.

 

63. Spots, grain, not great luster.

 

AU 55-58

 

Red ms-65

 

AU58-MS 60

 

score across the C and the N in CENTS, wont make MS also other scratches next to the C.

 

Contact marks have nothing to do with the MS designation.

 

on a cent it sure does.
It's not like a bag mark on a half or a dollar.
AU-58 "some signs of abrasion, high points to tips of wheat."

 

You can find MS coins all day with contact marks. The AU designation and the description of "signs of abrasion" has nothing to do with contact marks, but general rub and wear from a coin that has been in circulation.

 

A contact mark is not "abrasion" or wear. If you think a Cent must be free of contact marks in order to be MS, then you just basically defined 67 and below as AU.

 

Sorry, that one contact mark in the C blows the MS
And also this coin has some scrapes and bangs..

 

No, that contact mark does not blow the MS. That's not an opinion, it's a fact. You need to read some of the grading guidelines. Or just take a look at graded coins.

 

Ahh I have, 30+ years, always conservative, and why such uproar over a coin that could go from .50 to a couple a bucks?

 

This has nothing to do with the coin at hand. It has everything to do with the misinformation that you are spreading. I'll repeat; contact marks have NOTHING to do with a coin not getting an MS grade.

 

Whoaa.. there guy, I expect to see contact marks on larger coins, but I will hold that you see less on smaller coins, and as for misinformation ,please, don't start, deal with it., it's a public forum.

 

And public forums in particular are full of misinformation. Read the grading guidelines for Lincoln Cents. Again, this is not my opinion; it's fact.

 

And mine!

 

You are completely wrong on this. You are spreading misinformation. Lower MS graded cents can have several contact marks on them. Go look at a few. I'm sure you will change your opinion.