i read some online forums and reports about this highly debated coin, but the mystique around coin intrigued me so much that i decided to go to my local coin shop and investigate it some more. he had a few examples that he showed me and told me that there are some people who still believe that it is in fact an 8/7 while most experts believe it to be a gouge in the die. I love the controversy behind it so he gave me a really good deal on an ms64 red. i was wondering what you other Lincoln collectors thought about this coin? do collectors tend to shy away from this coin, or does it still have some value? greg
This isn't listed in the Cherrypicker's Guide, so... Were any of the ones you saw authenticated by a TPG?
Two things. 1. I don't have the camera equiptment to get a clear picture close enuff to see it. You need a 10x to see it. 2. No I did not see any in a tpg slab. It was more of a who knows about it post and what are your feelings about it kind of post.
Master Die, master die, master die. This coin is not rare at all I have seen hundreds if not thousands of them. So much so that I regularly just price them as BU coins and forget about the rest. For die variety specialists a coin that exhibits doubling due to the master die is worth very little because so many were made and it is not traceable to one working die. Ben Peters
the 1958/7 has not been in any guide since 1990 when it was determined that it was not an over date but in fact a gouge in the die. it first appeared in breen and first described by alan herbert in 1978. The mark is on the upper right of the 8. I just found it interesting that people debated it for so long. I picked up up cheap because it was just something different.
