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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4982943, member: 105098&quot;]I agree with you it&#039;s no doubt a stage C, and very likely further along than that. I came to the same conclusion for the same reasons.</p><p>I&#039;ve also researched the variety as far as sales go and the $400 is about what a Stage A or Stage B MS65 sells for at top end. A&nbsp; earlier die stage MS66 sells for $600-$850.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think at $400 it&#039;s a reasonable price for the grade and stage based on that information however the eye appeal isn&#039;t there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Had anyone noticed the &quot;gouge&quot; appearing mark on the back of Lincoln head? At first I thought it was a scratch of some sort but the more I looked at this variety and the stages and examples, the more I noticed it was also to some degree visible on other examples that were stage C. The event was smaller but it exists on other examples which lead me to believe it must be a strike though (maybe wire) or die gouge.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the silvery grey spots on the coin these aren&#039;t in the same places or as many but I do also see them on other stage Cs or later which leads me to believe they must be inclusions or slag or possibly&nbsp; strike ins, although you&#039;d really need to see it in hand to determine these things and make a call. If it happened during the minting process on the strike, and not post mint, perhaps this detracts from the grade and eye appeal, even market value to a buyer but it may not affect the grade as much if the coin is still lustrous and it&#039;s not causing significant impairment of luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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