Which do you think is the most weakly struck Lincoln? The one that is the toughest you think, to find with a nice, decent strike? I'll list what I believe to be the top ten weakest, and if there is any I missed, please let me know. Now, there are other Lincolns in the series that have weak strikes, but I'm going to list the top ones IMHO. Please give a reason as to why you chose what you chose. Phoenix
I chose the 1920-S, because, I have yet to find a sharply struck one, lol. (To be honest, I haven't searched to hard, but I still haven't found any with a sharp strike.) The one I have in my set is beautiful, nice strike, just not sharp. But it's still a very nice coin, lol. I'm going to need to post it soon (maybe tonight.) But that's my opinion, based on what I've found. Phoenix
After my previous post, I am rather hung with my selection. BTW, my second pick is probably a toss up between the 26-S and 23-S Phoenix, I don't know where you came up with 27-S and 18-S, but the 24-D may well be the 4th weakest and poorly struck 19-D's are more common than most of the rest of your list. However, I have also seen many well struck 19-D's.
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19-D? I can see your point with the 24-D, I didn't know the 19-D was one that came with a weak strike (but, again, I haven't searched for it yet, as I consider it a common date, and I'm trying to get the tougher dates out first) The 27-S is a tough one to find with a sharp strike, but I agree with you, coming to think of it, it's not as bad as some others. Thank goodness for editing. Phoenix
27-S's may not be the sharpest tack in the box, but I have not seen many poorly struck. Some (plural) of the weakest struck coins I have seen are 1919-D's. What may eliminate them from this poll is that there are sufficient good strikes out there also.
The entire 20's decade branch mints are a tough pick, they all qualify. Lets look at population reports.......I'll stick to the 26-S as the most difficult to locate in well struck gem condidtion. Not just because it's an expensive coin.....it's just plain edited hard to find nice ones EDIT: I have located and placed nice 21--s, 22-d (see my avater), 24-d, 23-S, etc etc. That 26-S will be a toughie for anybody looking to complete this series above AU.
Does "weakly struck" take into account hub (i.e. die) detail? To wit (and please correct me if I'm wrong), but it was my understanding that the hub lacked detail in many of these years, and something that may appear as a "weak strike" is in fact quite full when considering the detail (or lack thereof) in the original dies. Just wondering...Mike (who is not a Lincoln specialist by any means)
You are exactly right. We take weak strike to new defintions......full legends, strong rims but lacking detail. Very incorrectly calling bad dies weak strikes, thats what makes many of the series difficult to grade accuratly, primo on that list is the 22.
FWIW, here are the total number of coins graded by NGC and PCGS as better than 64. Granted, that is not proof of the strikes, but it should point in the right direction, - - - 20-S - 23-S - 24-S - 26-S BR - - 12- - - 2 - - - 5 - - -10 RB - - 38 - - 34 - - -34 - - 40 RD - - 18 - - 18 - - - 9 - - - 1 TOT - 52 - - 46 - - -44 - - -51
Actually, the 50's decade, the P mints are the difficult to locate nice. Look up the pops and prices for them, WOW !!!
BTW, his lowest grade for the entire set (aside from some DD's, 22- plain, etc.) was his 1924-S. It was his only MS64 RED. All the rest were 65 or higher including the (one and only PCGS) 1926-S RED.
Here you go Phoenix. Does this one meet your cruitera? http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-S-LINCOLN-...yZ139803QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
