1926 Lincoln Cent grade input

Mark and Cheech got you the low down on the abbreviations, I apologize, sometimes I use them when I shouldn't. Here is some more info:

In the old days, coin listings for cents did not differentiate by hue color as they do today. Then, if a coin was described as "Brilliant Uncirculated" or "Gem" or "Choice", it corresponded to upper level grades that we know (loosely) as "Mint State"...MS63, MS65 and MS67 and better, and it was presumed the coin was Red (RD). The buyer agreed with the seller on the grade and the sale was made, the coin changed hands.

Nowadays, all major coin handlers (Third Party Grading companies, Dealers, Numismatic Clearinghouses and all Collectors) use the color scheme, and it is found, now, almost everywhere.
NGC, PCGS and NumisMedia, to name a few, all use these color designations on their websites and databases.

Spark

 

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@Spark1951, that was a good history of color designations. I think you and I and many others who started collecting years ago never encountered BN, RB, RD.

BTW, your avatar reminds me of a T-shirt I almost bought at a major outdoor retailer: it was a buck squatting in a field of vegetation doing its job with the words “My food poops on your food.”

Since my dear daughter doesn’t eat mammals I didn’t buy it, I didn’t want to offend her (each to his/her own), but I did chuckle about it.

Steve