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You really have me curious about this "scratch." Wish I could see the coin in hand. I'm not so sure it's the WE; looks to me like the area from WE up to R in Liberty has been struck through grease.

For comparison's sake, here is a Peace with a staple scratch on the neck of Liberty (there is no scratch in the left field). Sorry for the bad photo; the bottom half is a little out of focus so the scratch looks a little heavier than it actually is. This coin is otherwise at least a strong 65 but PCGS apparently netted it a 64 due to the scratch.

 

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This thread just broke 10000 likes. Wow.

 

A bit ago I was going to say it was going to break that number and you know, like when an old car breaks 99999 miles, it would dissapear out from under us. Kind of a joke about the doomsday stuff, hit the end of the cycle, and everything subject to it dissapears.

 

An ultra-rare colorfully-toned PCGS-graded 1968-S Proof Lincoln. It's REALLY DIFFICULT finding these S-Mint Proof Lincolns with color that PCGS will bless as market acceptable. This was an NGC PF67 BN that PCGS crossed 2 grades down at PCGS PR65 BN.

 

One of my newps, Dealers photo been sent of to Pcgs to be taken out of the awful white holder. Pick up my other newp tomorrow

 

Nice vnickel.

 

That is a beautiful strike, wish I could have seen it before he sent it for the cross!

 

Got this '55 proof to be my first subject with a crackout. Going straight into my whitman album. The price was nice for $15 shipped.

 

Here's my first "legitimate" raw toned Lincoln proof. Not as bold or wild as WL's and robec's, but nonetheless I like it.

On a side note, especially since this Lincoln's main color is around the periphery, it's ridiculously hard to capture the color off of the rim due to it's deep basining curve.

 

Two fiddyfive proofs in a row and mine was put to shame. Very nice colour on that one. Mind my asking on the price your soul sold for?

 

Yours is nice as well! I wouldn't have the courage to crack out any coin, much less a nice proof like that one you posted, just to put it in a Dansco album.

I bought it off the 'bay for the Best Price Offer of $23 (+around 2 bucks shipping)

 

That's a fair price for toning.

Lol, I can't afford no dansco! I am putting in my poor version. A 1960s whitman I got for free :hail:

But it is going to be my first crackout, so I am kinda nervous.

 

Hello

If you put your fingers on the proof, you will destroy it. Also the cardboard is likely a problem.

Amanda

 

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Darn, that's a nice one. 1955's are tough to find with nice toning. Great pickup!!

 

got my first german 1 mark coin today



hopefully soon I will have more.

 

Don't be nervous. Wrap the slab in a towel, put one corner on a hard surface and give it's opposing corner a hard strike with a hammer.

Hold the slab firmly. Once you hear a crack, take a look at it and. If it isn't cracked enough to take the coin out, wrap it back up and hit the other corner. After your first couple of hits you will know how hard you need to hit.

 

Bob, I have heard that bolt cutters will work too.

But I don't think I will be cracking it because I just won another '55 proof for $4.75 shipped. Pics aren't the best, so I'll be shooting it when I get it.
Seller's pics


http://www.ebay.com/itm/261084345368?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

So I have another coin I might be cracking. SO it'll be something else. I am quite happy.

 

Got these back from PCGS today

I wish I could tell the difference between the PR68 and PR69 and wish the whole set could've gotten a 69. But either way I was happy with the grades when they came back.