Au or bu lincoln cent ?

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AU. There is wear on the hair above the ear.

 

Also some wear on the wheat.

 

Agree with AU. Nice wheatie though.

 

XF Cleaned

 

Being the amateur i'am it was giving me a bit of a fit trying to discern between wear and strike weakness. Thanks

 

Signs of slight wear on both sides so AU.

 

The high points of wear for the Lincoln obverse are:
…the ear and the hair above
…the eyebrow, the nose and the cheek and jaw
…the bowtie and the lapel.

I started collecting Lincolns in 1962 and learned these high points quickly. Along with my trusty Red Book I also used the grading criteria to begin to learn how to grade.

I quickly ramped up to IHCs, buffalo nickel, mercury dimes, SLQ and Washington quarters and Standing Liberty, Franklin and in 1964, Kennedy halves.

I was seeing the high point wear daily in change so high point criteria was applied across all denominations.

I was an amateur back then, you will learn too. You’ll gain confidence the more you work with coins, and the next thing you know you will be giving others advice.