Is ICG a qualified coin grader? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1944-D-Linc...675?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234865ba0b If this could be rated by PCGS the same grade, it would be a pricey penny!
ICG grades are not well-known for being correctly grading color and strike. Even though US Secret service is using them to check out Counterfeit coins. MS 68 RD would be changed at Pcgs to maybe MS 66+ or 67 ?
PCGS grades, they don't "rate." I know, I know, I know you meant that. But keep the terms right. It helps you communicate clearer. To the coin. What's that green on the tie, jaw, and under the nose? Is it the lighting, or issues? On the TPGs. Their grades (rates, lol) are for their plastic, not the coins. That said, PCGS plastic is pricey, so this may not get a 68 in that plastic.
PS: These are market grades, after all, not technical grades. They're market grades for their market for their plastic.
I don't have a ton of respect for ICG, but the coin is very nice, perhaps a 67 in a real holder. The rim on the left side of the obverse looks very strange though. I'd like to know what's going on there.
I like ICG grading on Lincolns. However, when you get the 67 and up level, PCGS and NGC are much tougher.....they like to keep those pops low to inflate prices.
They're considered ok, but not as good as NGC or PCGS. ANACS may be tied with ICG or slightly better. In any event, remember the coin collector's motto: "Buy the coin, not the slab!" Btw, as a side note, most collectors and dealers refer to "cents," not "pennies." Some get a little snobby about it, believing you must not know what you're doing if you say "pennies." I think it's ridiculous snobbery, but I say "cents" just to avoid being taken advantage of.
