nice woody !! brutal to grade.. Initial opine was 60,, so will shoot the middle in hopes to minimize the damage.. 60n1
I voted AU58. The obverse is very hard to judge from the pics. I believe I see wear on the jaw. However the date is known for weak strikes and I could be percieving this wrong. The fact the luster is so muted led to my grade also. Had I only seen the reverse I would have went unc.
Very nice strike for a 20's branch mint coin and very minimally marked. The luster leaves something to be desired, but it is not that bad. Despite the graining, I would expect a 63 (or even 64) on this coin were it not for the freckles it has. I tried to capture them in the second shot, but did not do that well. There are a lot of these little speck that almost look like someone sneezed on the coin - on both sides. However, they are definitely concentrated on the grain so I believe they are from the original planchet. PCGS put this all together and came up with a 62. I guess they did it good. It is not a 63 and it is better than the base uncirculated Lincoln.
