I had been tracking this for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The depth of the strike is remarkable (hammered) and the fields are matte-like to go along with nice luster and color. I was concerned about it being overgraded (67RB) b/c of the hits on the shoulder. But now that I see it in hand the nicks don't really bother me as the rest of the coin's appearance is so nice. Glad I decided to finally get it.
Lincolns bore me to death but few in this thread make me reply to them on occasion, thats a lovely looking one.
Congrats on this great looking Lincoln. Top pop 1/0 coin for the date and designation. Dynamite coin!!
No pics yet, but I picked up the 200th anniversary white house silver dollar for $15 and a 93 Thomas Jefferson proof silver dollar for $18. With prices like that I could not pass it up. The addiction continues...
Not too often I get to add greek silver to my collection. This was being sold at a killer price among others and I picked it as it was the cheapest and the toning. Thrace, Chersonesos (386 - 338 B.C.) AR Hemidrachm O:Forepart of lion right, head reverted. R: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet to left of VE monogram and pentagram above pellet in opposite sunken quarters. 13mm 2.4g BMC 43; McClean –; Weber 2422; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Dreer 115.
This coin should be a textbook example of what 150 year old original surfaces look like. Was one I hesitated on a bit due to price and resale but I decided it was so visually appealing it should be salable even if at the high end of the price range for the grade
Received this in the mail today, at the most recent coin show I attended, I entered a friends/dealers' door prize contest and won this. I do not plan on keeping it if anyone cares Came with COA also (not pictures for obvious reasons) And of course, one of my cats, Tigger wanted to "help" me