Time for a new grading contest!!!

okay here goes:

SGS MS-70 RED.

Or in the real world: MS-62 RB

 

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Geez, okay, this guy is tricky! At first I was thinking it might be a star, but then there is only one graded that is a star for MS-65, and I don't think it is quite that high. Hate to seem like I'm going with the crowd, but I'm going to have to say MS-64 B is really the only thing left, went through the list. Thanks for the contest man. :thumb:

Phoenix

 

Ms-67 Rd

 

LOL!

Phoenix

 

ok lets see spocks big ears are for hearing not seeing but i will say its an XF45 maybe this will swing it

 

64bn

 

Contest closed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will have a list of potential winners later. Thanks to all who participated!!!t was fun to watch!

 

sweet! im excited to know who won!!!

 

MS-60 RB or MS-61 RB

 

I just want to know if it's red or brown.

 

Ok, first here's the rest of the scan: It gives you what NGC graded this coin. Unfortunately, as far as red goes, it IS Red, but once someone mentioned Red and Brown, I am afraid that most every guess after that point went that way. The guesses ranged from AU-55 to MS-69 RD and I hope we all had fun and even learned something.

The correct answers belonged to: Monkeyman, Dan8402, Hamman88 and Topher.

A few I felt deserved an honorable mention are:

Cody: Nice job especially for a YN. Consistent grading. Even in the face of so many other guesses. Cody stuck to what he thought was right and his guesses were the least variant of anyone's... well, up until the AU-55 guess.

Indianhead and RLMsCents: Also extremely consistent, but Cody got top bill because he is a YN. You two have more experience.

Bonedigger: Was the first to think of the Matte proof possibility. Wrong, but great outside of the box thinking!


I will enter all 4 of these names into a hat and pick a winner sometime today. If you are the winner I will PM you for your address.

 

How much would a coin like that run?

 

the greysheet is less than $90. I don't have a current one, but the old one I have says ask - $75, bid - $82. I remember purchasing this one for $50.

 

Mike:
Nice contest, but-I would NEVER have said 65, not with those two wacks on the reverse.
Congrats to all.

 

Thanks for the great contest Mike!! Congrats to whoever the winner may turn out to be.

 

Frank:

It may not be apparent without the coin in hand, but they do not seem to be contact marks. There are no corresponding dings in the fields adjacent to the marks, they appear to be confined to the raised parts of the coin. Since those parts of the coin are concave in the die, they are not likely to be on the die either, so they may just be incomplete strike, grease or debris in the die, or something else I am not certain. I do not claim to know enough to make a declaration. Also something to note is that Lincolns typically have more grading emphasis put on the obverse. Like I originally said at the top of the thread, I believe it is graded correctly, but we all know that grading is subjective.

 

Great contest Mike.

 

Wow, great contest Mike. Thanks for the fun. Very nice coin, but I think it might be overgraded a tad, but that is only my opinion, and grading is a matter of opinion. Don't dare send that baby in to be regraded though. But I don't know what that coin is like in hand, so really can't judge a book by it's cover I guess. But overall, this was a nice contest, that's a nice coin, and I had fun participating in it. :thumb:

Phoenix

 

Mike:
Thanks for the note.
Good luck on the coin.

I learn something every day.

 

wow awesome!
thanks for the contest, I cant wait to find out who wins!!!