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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rlm&#039;s cents, post: 204156, member: 7957&quot;]Hey, I asked for the coin to be “denigrated”.&nbsp; I am far from an expert.&nbsp; I have taught myself most of what I know about grading.&nbsp; I can usually understand why this is 66 and that is 65 (on Lincolns anyway).&nbsp; My main point here was that usually when I get a PCI graded 65, I would count it as a 64 at best.&nbsp; I am trying to figure out why they “only” call this a 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is so uniform yellow on the observe (more apt than red in this case) that my first thought was that the coin had been recolored.&nbsp; However, the shine and cartwheels tell me that it cannot have been recolored.&nbsp; It is as shiny or shinier than any other wheat Lincoln I have.&nbsp; These two “eye appeal” factors are the biggest reason I grade it higher.&nbsp; They do not come across well in the picture.&nbsp; Yes, there is some minor “orange peal” – very minor.&nbsp; It is made more obvious by the coin’s shine.&nbsp; Maybe that is why it is “only” a 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the lettering, the picture either shows what is not there or greatly exaggerates it – most particularly on the “LIBERTY”.&nbsp; My lettering looks more like ┌┐ in the cross section while yours looks more like ∩ although wider and higher than mine.&nbsp; Pardon mine attempt at letter “drawing”, but I hope you get the idea.&nbsp; To me, the lettering really does closely resemble the lettering on a 1916 PR-66 on Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the best answer is that grading is an art and in art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder………..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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