Great strike , color and luster , too bad for those scrapes in the fields . I have a feeling they're not so bad in hand .
NGC worries me with this coin. The luster is nice but it's a 65 IMO.....NGC could have given it a 66 for luster.
Yeah, I'm gittery on this one also. I should have asked RLM's first, but just assumed that the noise in the field to the left of Abe's head is on the coin and not the holder. I think that alone may hold it back to 65, from what I've seen tpg's can be hard on field noise in wheat cents. I'm looking forward to seeing this grade....
My pictures kind of stressed that marks on the obverse, but it is definitely there in hand. Aside from that, it has a very good strike and very good luster particularly for a RB coin. Maybe the biggest detraction in hand would be the spotting on the reverse. NGC decided this made a 65. It definitely is not a 66 (since it is RB. at least) and it is way beteer than most 64's I have seen so I guess 65 is about right.
There were only minor changes in positions 6-10. Irish2Ice still in the lead despite (or because?) he missed this round. Columns are rank, name, average, and number of guesses. Irish2Ice 0.250 38 Leadfoot 0.300 32 bahabully 0.417 25 MNcoinman 0.421 20 ldhair 0.429 29 rzage 0.435 48 BadThad 0.457 48 mark_h 0.476 44 ddoomm1 0.500 50 pumpkinpie 0.516 33
I thought I had them both nailed , but the woody fooled me again . 1 right and off by one on the woody .
Not as bad as I was when I started , but after a couple years I've improved a lot , but still not up in the .3s where I'd like to be .
