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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jetshack, post: 439748, member: 11725&quot;]I can&#039;t go VG on this...&nbsp; (I get beat up on for my lincoln grades on other forums)</p><p><br /></p><p>The early S and D lincolns are generally fairly weakly struck and the dies were used way past what they should have, so there is a possibility that this is a weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I have a hard time applying strike issues to Lincolns that are going to grade below VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>So all that said here&#039;s my rationale.</p><p>I don&#039;t see any wheat lines on the right stalk and about half of the ones on the left stalk are absent.&nbsp; So right off the bat I&#039;m going to have a hard time giving this a VG grade but giving the coin the benefit of the doubt as goes with the strike, looking at the bowtie on the obverse I&#039;m not seeing enough detail there to warrant anything over VG.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the reverse again though, the rim wear doesn&#039;t match the wear to the rim on the obverse.&nbsp; So I&#039;m willing to go with the reverse die was well worn when this was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is remarkably hit free with very nice fields.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of the best G coins I&#039;ve seen from the teens.&nbsp; In all honesty I almost like it better than the one I have in my album which is a VF due to the lack of hits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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