Amazing as always.
Sorry, I am not very good at grading BU lincolns, and even worse at outlining stuff. The enlarged picture made some contact marks seem very large.
Could we have some pics please? They might not be proofs.
Yeah, me too.
I was taking a blind guess.
MS67, great coin!
I agree.
I don't see hairlines, but I do see your concern, since hairlines are impossible to capture with a photograph.
What I disagree with, Morgandude is that you say the coin is POLISHED. i realize that the coin has a partial cleaning, but i see some luster. The...
Thank GOD! However, America is a free country, so I don't mind if Morgandude thinks the coin is polished.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1907-EX-HR-1907-EXTREMELY-HIGH-RELIEF-20-PCGS-PR-69-/180974158818?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2a22e683e2 US...
I wish you could like more than once (999,999,999,999,999,999 times :devil:)
I was going to say a ding, until I saw the edge. I think Ken Potter would be a good person to refer to.
PMD, or die deterioration.
Are you crazy?!?!?!?!? 1951 proofs are valuable, and even a pf62 is worth about 35 bucks! MELT for a 1951 TONED proof franklin is just absurd. I...
Let me explain to you that shine would have a relatively uniform, colored surface. However, luster, has a grainy or "frosty" appearance.
True, but I said it was cleaned already, just not totally. A polished coin DOES NOT have ANY luster WHATSOEVER.
Oh. Oops.
Well, if it were polished, would the bust be frosty???? Would the fields have golden bands of luster?
True. But SGS is NOT a TRUGRADEing service :)
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