GTG: 1918 Lincoln Cent.

You know the drill. Please guess the grade, color, and any special designation. Comments very welcome, as my expertise is not in Copper coinage. This is a type coin for me. **note—scratches on holder, by obverse of coin. Holder will be polished out.

 

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MS 65 RB

 

I'm going bold and say 66 red nice cent.

 

MS65 RD, while the obverse approaches 66 I think a couple of reverse ticks hold it to 65. (maybe)

 

This is where I am at. It looks like 65 RB, the spots on the obverse and reverse probably limited the numerical grade and there is a touch of brown mostly on the reverse. Not sure if it exceeds the 5% to cause the RB designation, but I'd call it enough.

 

MS 64 RB …. just an initial impression…I see one slightly larger hit on the reverse but otherwise it looks like a clean coin with nice luster

 

The obverse looks really nice, there may be a spot just above the date that caught my eye. The reverse has the mark by the O in ONE and the carbon spot on the left wheat stalk. Distractions in the field underneath "AME" in AMERICA and between the stalks. Being as such I am going to wager a 65 RD

 

Hard to tell about the color due to lighting. I will venture a guess and say 64 red.

What I believe is a single light makes it appear brown in areas. However I know Lincolns pretty well, atleast I think I do, but I bet it's red. Not the best strike so that's why I'm going with 64.

 

Well excuse Meeeeeeee!!!! Ya'll! I'm definitely choosing MS65 RD.

 

I think that the surfaces get this coin a 65. As for Red I am not sure.
When I opened this thread i didn't expect to see an18' look like a 58.

 

MS65 RD

 

65

 

65. Red obverse, RB reverse

 

I am at MS 65 RD. I don't think the surfaces overall warrant more. Also I think with better lighting much more original luster would be apparent. Nice coin

 

65 RB

 

Wish I had it in hand, but Giving it a shot for conversation value (and knowing the date variants strikes ), 67 RB.
That darn spottiness that plagues 18s.....

 

Hard to tell if Goldilocks is missing detail for the shadowing. These were superbly-detailed specimens before the engravers started cutting corners. MS65 on grade, golden on color, what the hell?

 

64RB. Pretty clean, love the luster. On the highlights, the color is too muted for red, and probably keeps it from a 65.

 

I will post the reveal tonight. This has been a good learning experience for me in a milieu that I don’t often collect. BTW, the color is pretty accurate in the photos, though it is slightly more red in person. Flash yellows out the color a lot.

 

Ok, the reveal. The only thing that I thought originally, and the GTG appeared to confirm is that the coin is at least one grade undergraded. The range of grades ran from 64 to 66, with most putting it around 65.