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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2884014, member: 1892"]I have no problems with the gross diagnostics; on the small screen I'm viewing with, MM position is correct for #4 and VDB configuration passes. We'll stipulate for the moment it's genuine but I'm not calling it firm from a 5" screen. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't believe the color to be original. It's possible on a Lincoln, especially a high-resolution Mint State specimen, but I'm not 100% sure it's Mint State. Reverse has the nice progression of an album toned coin but the obverse does not and the colors are a bit too saturated for my expectation. Going with my gut (mostly), I feel it looks like it toned too fast after a chemical cleaning. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it were available at AU Details (or maybe even Uncirculated Details) money, I would knock you down to get to it before you. It would not surprise me (although I'd disagree) to see it in a straight-graded MS 63 slab. I have it at high AU Details, Questionable Color, and just about as nice as a coin with that designation can get. It's an "I don't care if the color's fake" kind of coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2884014, member: 1892"]I have no problems with the gross diagnostics; on the small screen I'm viewing with, MM position is correct for #4 and VDB configuration passes. We'll stipulate for the moment it's genuine but I'm not calling it firm from a 5" screen. :) I don't believe the color to be original. It's possible on a Lincoln, especially a high-resolution Mint State specimen, but I'm not 100% sure it's Mint State. Reverse has the nice progression of an album toned coin but the obverse does not and the colors are a bit too saturated for my expectation. Going with my gut (mostly), I feel it looks like it toned too fast after a chemical cleaning. If it were available at AU Details (or maybe even Uncirculated Details) money, I would knock you down to get to it before you. It would not surprise me (although I'd disagree) to see it in a straight-graded MS 63 slab. I have it at high AU Details, Questionable Color, and just about as nice as a coin with that designation can get. It's an "I don't care if the color's fake" kind of coin. :)[/QUOTE]
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