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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2516652, member: 1892&quot;]OK. There isn&#039;t enough evidence from the background as to how close the color is, but if the lighter-color threads are actually white, then there&#039;s too much yellow/red in the image (the threads are yellowed) and the color is probably a little too &quot;saturated&quot; in those hues compared to the coin in-hand. So we won&#039;t worry about the color for the moment. One problem down. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Decent strike; a little deterioration is noted on the top left quadrant of the reverse (&quot;O&quot; and &quot;E PLUR&quot;) where Lincolns are notoriously weak because of the obverse shoulder hogging all the metal there to fill it. On a Mint State coin, I&#039;d expect a little sign of incomplete fill - kinda graininess - by the time the reverse is affected that much (maybe not) but it&#039;s a good indicator the coin has likely circulated. The reverse presents better evidence in the wheat stalks, where the triangular tips are starting to round downwards a bit, and wear is visible towards the rim. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kinda old reverse die - see the concave channel towards the tops of the upper letters? Most visible in the first U of PLURIBUS, but once you have that you can see signs elsewhere along the periphery. This alerts you to the possibility of die wear creating a false impression of circulation wear, but the tope of the letters seem well-formed and complete, not drawing to the rim, the date and LIBERTY are sharply-formed and I think we can discount die wear as a factor. The obverse is a little too blurry to be sure of its&#039; age, but the brighter ring in the field near the rim hints to me of the same age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think AU50 does this one, and it&#039;s a good example of why it&#039;s easier to like AU coins than low MS ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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