Just looking for a grade range on this one. Found it just recently while going through some old rolls I forgot I had laid away from my serious roll-searching days. Yeah, it did blow me away, it's just that I'm over that for the most part by now. Sorry about the scan, but don't have my digital camera handy. I'd say 65/66, but that's only because when I get up to that level (Gem) I'm all over the place. Also would love to see what the DDO in this series looks like. Not like this, huh? If you happen to have a shot of that, though, that'd be great. Not realistically expecting anything there, though (...understandably). Hey, TIA.
I'd give it an MS62 due to the hits on the lapel, shoulder, cheek and forehead. As far as it being a DDO I'm not really sure about. According to PCGS there are only two known examples that they have slabbed with the latest being an MS65RD. Here's the link......http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=4545&universeid=313
Thanks for the link. You'd think PCGS could have done better on the pic, though (that is to say, looks like those shots you see of the Loch Ness Monster, when you try and blow it up). Thanks for your opinion on the grade from the scans, too.
I agree, they didnt provide a very good example but thats the only info I could find on the 1958 Lincoln DDO. If I run across anything else I'll post it here in your thread. Take care.
It's a good article on the DDO, indianhead, thanks for finding it for me. Tell you something funny, when I found this one, it was staring up at me from the reverse. I could see it wasn't a reverse v.d.b., but I'm sure you can appreciate it when I tell you I was just about shaking as I gently held it by the rim and flipped it over. All I can say is, better luck to me next time. Hey, take care yourself, gotsta go...
Hi eddiespin, This 58 seems to be a rather nice strike for the year. A lot of these are a bit more mushy and lack the nice detail on the ear and the lettering. Do you have access to Charles Daughtrey's book, "Looking Through Lincoln Cents"? On page 219 he mentions that doubled dies are on the light side this year, other than the double eyelid. Then he goes on to say that one very strong doubled die is known on 1958 plain business strike cents, but there are very few known specimens. You should probably check his website coppercoins.com and see if this one is listed there. It is sometimes difficult to see die cracks on photographs but I think I see one at the back of Lincolns hair, about the 9:00 position, that meanders up and across nearly at the middle of his hair and about half way across his forehead. Unless scratches are purposely done, I find they almost always make straighter lines. Let us know what else you might find out about this coin. jeankay
