GTG Matte proof Lincoln with problems.

Many years ago, PCI gave this coin a red label problem slab.
What grade and problem do you feel they gave on the label.

 

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Hmm. I like it and think they got this wrong. I would be upset. That's just me though.

 

PF63 Hairlines/cleaned.

 

Rim damage at k3:30 to k4:30 on the reverse?

 

Looks lightly cleaned with just a little evidence of pvc damage. I guess
PF63 Surface Damage

edit to add Very nice coin!

 

PR64.
Edited. There seems to be an upset area in the field above the O in ONE. (on the reverse)

 

Cleaned

 

Just curious. I see the fine lines on both sides. They seem to end and not go through the design details. I'm reading them as die polish lines.

 

The lines in the obverse field don't look like die polish lines but scratches. Otherwise a nice coin.

 

They are very light, and sometimes hard to detect when present on a "woodie"
I see them on the jacket portrait and reverse devices.

 

Ah ha! I see them now staring me in my face. Thank you for the education!

 

That divot on the obverse at 3:00 looks like environmental damage.

 

Some of those lines, especially the ones through LIBERTY, look like actual scratches. They might have been on the die -- but that wouldn't be my first guess.

Those dark pits Lincoln's facing, though, look like corrosion scars.

 

I gave up trying to second guess TPG. If it were mine and I wanted it properly graded, I would send it to PCGS for grading and see what you get. For that coin, I think it would be well worth it.

 

I saw the purple the area looks smoothed. Isn't that also a characteristic of a later die stage? Those areas will also tone a slightly different shade because they are reflective, and a smoother surface?

 

This is a Matte Proof because?

 

I'm not very knowledgeable on Lincoln matte proofs, but I would have thought the rims on the OP's coin would have been a pretty solid clue.