Grade Lincoln 2

For you further grading pleasure, I present this NGC slabbed 1936D circulation strike Lincoln cent.

OOps! I forgot to flip the reverse 180. I apologize.




I will post the grade later this evening.

 

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MS-66RD (that's one nasty spot on the reverse)

 

Ms-65rd

 

ms64 red

 

64 red

 

64r

 

not liking them spots at all... will say 66 and the spots came after slabbing... 64 if they were already there.

 

Can't go more tha 64R IMO

 

In the 64 crowd and wish a bigger picture was posted to see that spot. Almost looks like more than a carbon spot.

 

I know. It is amazing what can happen over the course of 6-7 years.

Will post bigger picture of spot.

 

I will guess that is a 66 without the luster so they called it a 65 and then the spot grew.

 

6

 

A closeup of the spot.

 

63

 

Sounds right to me.

 

The Grade.

 

Whoa....I blame NGC for spotting that coin. No way it could have had those spots when graded. There are numerous fly spots and what looks like subdued luster.

 

I don't know what happened, but I remember a pretty nice coin when I purchased it about 7-8 years ago.

 

There's another thread running now trying to define "Red" on copper coins. Doug, naturally, maintains that the term "Red" is only temporary. He rightly asks how a 100 - 150 year old cent can still be red. Time frame seems to be the aea of contention in this subject. Most of us agree that a copper coin begins to tone as soon as the mint release happens.
This coin is a good example. Many of the coins that I and others posted in the "103 days of Lincoln" were also good examples. This particular coin with the glaring, eye-distracting spot stands above most. The spot HAD to appear after NGC slabbed it!!
Don

 

Yea, and I contend that NGC caused it with careless handling. IMO, both NGC and PCGS do not take enough precautions during the process. The actual slabbing room should be of near "clean room" level, the slabber should be in proper garmets with a mask and each coin should be solvent rinsed before encapsulation to remove any possible contaminants THEY may have introduced during the grading process.

I'm sure they have introduced contaminants on many coins. For example, with proofs, I don't care how good the people handling the coins are, there are bound to be mistakes and I'll bet many fingerprints we see on slabbed coins were due to the TPG's mishandling.