Grade Opinion - 1915D Lincoln

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by BadThad, Feb 22, 2009.

  1. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Impluse buy today, worn dies and excessive spacing, a good example.
     

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  3. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    Now I am ticked - but at least it is a weak strike.

    64-BR
     
  4. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    That is one whacked out die, I gots to say its probably about a 62/63 bn.
     
  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Thad - you sure those are die polish lines ? Looks more like it was struck through grease to me. I'd have to go 63 on this.
     
  6. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    When I see those I call them stretch marks. The die pressure was insufficient to smooth the fields. I've seen this quite a few times on the S and D mints....correct me if I'm wrong.
     
  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    I can't say you're wrong. But there seems to be enough detail present in the hair and the wheats to indicate that the strike was not so weak that it could not smooth out a planchet. And I have never seen a planchet that was that badly striated either. Thus my theory that a grease strike is more likely.
     
  8. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    Looks like an extremely fatigued die to me. Neat coin. I'd grade it 64 because of the obverse scratch.
     
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