These two just came to me as part of a large collection. I’d love to know I put on grade. I did my best on photos. Thanks! Coin #1 coin #2
Wow the rim on that one is sharp! It's tough to say with the lighting, it's too direct. Try getting it so the luster is visible in some areas but dark in other areas (point the coin at an angle so the light isn't reflected directly). Based on details and a decent idea of the luster though, it is for sure MS, and I would say at least MS64. A general guess would be MS65, a very lucky guess would be MS66. Nice coin!
Here are some more images of Coin #2 , clearly the better of the two. It has plenty of luster left, for sure. Color picks up differently with the white background…I’d say this is a more accurate representation than the first set of images.
Your coin in the second photo looks better than the Photograde photo at MS-67. I've never seen Lincolns brow, beard definition, or the mole on Lincolns cheek stand out so clearly. Nice coins.
I think I have a shaved S around here somewhere. Let me look. Both are really nice coins. I hate even guessing the grade from photos, so won't.
At the direct angle with the light, you can see the areas of wear on the obverse (where there's no more luster, usually the highest points) and it really doesn't cover too much of the bust, however there are quite a few nicks, especially in his jacket, and there's also a bit of stuff on the left edge under LIBERTY. All this adds up detrimentally, so the obverse I would say is around high MS65. The reverse has a lot less wear and is much cleaner, as is expected, so that would be a nice MS67 on a good day. So overall, this is around an MS66 coin. Not bad!
The second one does have wear on the face, beard, etc. AU 58. The first one look like some level of UNC. Without seeing the actual coin, I couldn't be more specific.
The reverse of number 2 is second to none. I like them both because I'm selfish. Thanks for sharing your beauties.
I’m headed to a local coin show tomorrow that will have an ANACS rep there taking submissions. I may send #2 off with them and see what happens…
Final photos before sending her off to ANACS for grading. If it come back high, I’ll consider crossover to pcgs. More curious than anything. As I mentioned in the original post, it was part of a HUGE collection I purchased so I basically have nothing into it right now…maybe $5 tops.
