Post your Lincolns!

i recently found a 1940 week paint in my pocket. Change with a significant error I would love to hear everyone's comments. Suggestions on it's value edited

 

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1940 week paint ?
How about a photo

 

for my album

 

I worked next to the Valley Railroad when I was in high school. Interesting blast from the past.

 

Nothing too interesting, but got one of the last memorial cents (2008) as change recently.

 

The one in the lower left looks a lot better than my image.

 

These arrived today.
I can't believe the seller used 7 staples, I was lucky to get them out safely .

 

Nice Lincoln!

 

I’m not sure if I’ve posted these before.

 

Thanks Sal.

 

I just shot a 1957 BIE (actually a "pre" IBIE) that was a new discovery piece sent to me by a forum member. The final image sizes are 9000x9000, so I am hosting them on EasyZoom website. You can zoom in by double-clicking where you want to see. Each double-click doubles the magnification, and you can click 3 times, so a lot of zoom! The coin also has an RIDB that is listed as well!

Obverse
https://easyzoom.com/image/655697/album/0/4?mode=manage

Reverse
https://easyzoom.com/image/655695/album/0/4?mode=manage

 

I keep coming back to the 24-D. I can hardly imagine a grade MS64BN that does less to capture the nature of a coin. When I look at that essentially perfect obverse I can’t imagine what they were thinking. True, I can find a bit of corrosion under the reverse toning; maybe that is more widespread than revealed in the photo.

The 22-D is a marvel. Virtually every 1922 that is shown apparently came from overused and worn-out dies. Again, I am baffled about what holds this from a MS66. What did they see?

In both cases, if these were compared against the finest-known, are there demonstrable flaws, or is it just because some folks like mint red and others like toning?

 

I also thought the 24-D was under graded. In looking at the 24-D’s in CoinFacts there are a few in 64 that are similar. I’ll take the graders word for it. Only 31 have graded 65 and the higher grades only have 1 in each grade. As for the 22-D I haven’t seen any BN that looks higher or better. The only thing I can think of is CACG is being ultra conservative. Maybe it would grade higher in a PCGS slab.