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