That obverse is tough. Can we get a hint? On the left it looks like die polish lines going below the letters. To the right of that it looks like the lines are on the coin or the slab. I'm going to have to think about this one for a bit.
I guess a worker could accidentally hit the inside of the die when polishing . That's why I just joined CONECA to learn more about the whole minting process . One thing I can say is that it's a beauty .
For the sake of the poll, MS65. However, my initial reaction when looking at the obverse was that this was not a mint state coin. Lincoln's jawline near his ear and also down his shoulder look kinda rubby to me.
OMG! What are you seeing? Dead solid strike, no nicks and good luster. Those are die scratches on LIBERTY and the bust and there are a couple die cracks on the bust. But those do not count against the coin. The only things I can even make out without a loupe are the lower crack and, with a strong light, the longest die scratch. Yes, this is a 67 and I actually think a pretty nice 67 even for PCGS.
Duke is still in the lead, but rzage has moved into second. ldhair also moved up this week. Columns are rank, name, average, and number of guesses. Duke Kavanaugh 0.269 27 rzage 0.349 45 non_cents 0.367 32 Leadfoot 0.368 20 mark_h0.396 50 ddoomm1 0.423 27 ldhair 0.429 29 BadThad 0.432 46 petro890.435 48 bahabully 0.475 42
Like I said in post 13 , I should of went 67 , but nooooooooooooooooo , PCGS scared me off again , but I'll take 2nd place anyday .
