1909-S Lincoln - Guess The Grade

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Au50

 

Au53

 

AU58/55. Another Verdi-Gone special, but this looks like it will make it.

 

Au 53 or 55.

 

I agree with 58. Nice lincoln.

 

Ms-63 rb

 

I'm really not seeing the wear. 62 or 3

 

I don't know that there is a whole lot of wear on the coin, so I'm trying to figure out all the low AU's
The coin looks to have been put in some kind of chemical, or cleaned or something..
I'd say an uncirculated coin, but with all the other AU guesses I don't know what to say...
AU58?

 

I am going to guess 63 RB.......I think Thads pics leave luster off the table, there is more there than we see. if not a 63 RB, I see an au-58.

It is in an ANACS or a NGC holder. neither changes my opinion of grade.

 

I think this is an AU55 .. Nice coin.

 

I'm kind of in Jack's corner except from the photos, my opinion is that it's either MS63 BN or AU58 - but it's a little hard to tell from the photos. For wear, I need to see the coin at an angle, but the face seems to have a flat spot on the cheek area, but I can't tell for sure if it's wear. If you look at the lapel area at an angle you can usually tell if there's wear.

 

Ms63 bn?

 

AU 58 BN. Very minimal wear, a little perhaps on the upper cheekbone. Rims are good. Ding in the middle of the beard. Nice reverse, Nice coin.

 

AU 63 as others might say. Either AU 50's or 63 BN. Dick- I don't know what "Verdigone Special" means (I really do but don't agree with implication, I guess) I think Verdigone is a great product for the right kind of verdigris. It doesn't work on black verdigris (turns coins gray) in my opinion. I would suggest using the product if you haven't (assuming you haven't but maybel wrong here). I think Jim's experiments were good and showed how the product works. Anyway, I think people on PCGS boards were talking bad and caused a sheep mentality towards the product. All silliness to me. Great product, whether it was used on a given coin on not. Just MHO's.

 

I think that the light spotting on the obverse and/or the top of Lincoln's head could POSSIBLY be the remnants of some verdigris. If I am correct, there is no way that should not be taken as an insult. Rather, Verdi-Gone has done exactly what it was intended to do and done it very well

 

If you look at the reverse of this coin on the tips of the wheats there is wear, even though slight. The obverse shows a flat on Lincoln's cheek. This coin can only be AU something, probably 58.

 

I will say AU58 there is slit wear on the upper checkbone and also hair has nice mint luster left ,by the first pics .


And if you look at the forth pic it looks like a misaligned die photography problems

The pics of this cent look different in these photos , the third pic the reverse looks like toning to me. I'm going by the first two pics in my description of this coin.

There seems to be a little toning on the reverse which probably won't bring the grade up due to the checkbone wear a nice coin in deed with slit toning.A nice AU58.

I don't see any signs of tampering with this coin at all the photography lighting of the photos are why this coin looks like that.


I don't see any wear on the stalks at all, in all the pics just the obverse as I indicated in red arrows cheekbone upper which is the focal point of the obverse. .Definetly not a MS coin at all
\JC Formerly Jazzcoins Joe hello GD

 

I agree with the wear, and don't understand why others are saying MS.

Do a compare and contrast with the above 1909-s to the cheekbone on the 1918-s posted a few threads ago -- the 1918-s cheekbone is definitely in better shape on the 1918-s. Here's the pic from _that_ thread:


Also, the left part of the ear on this 1918-s doesn't so much/any wear, but you can see wear on the 1909-s at that spot.

So, all you MS voters, can you explain and help teach this novice? Thanks!

And, thanks, BadThad for offering us the opportunity to learn. (My experience in cent grading is limited to figuring out G/VG/F/VF/XF, because that's the condition of all my almost-semi-keys)