Guess the grade #61

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1911-S PCGS Grade?

Poll closed Aug 29, 2010.
  1. 60

    5.6%
  2. 61

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. 62

    22.2%
  4. 63

    33.3%
  5. 64

    38.9%
  6. 65

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    1911-S PCGS slabbed

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  3. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    63 is my vote.

    62 would not surprise me.

    Clean coin, spots limit grade.

    Look at the O!
     
  4. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    I agree with the grade, it is clean. I thought the luster was subdued and the O was weak where normally you see the marks at. I was not sure if they would have saw the spots, still not sure how to tell what might appear after grading. To me the luster was my deciding factor.
     
  5. ddoomm1

    ddoomm1 keep on running

    Ms-63...Lack of red, numerous scratches(or dings) and spots
     
  6. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    Mark, Planchets from the early years have a very different look from latter years. Sometime in the late 40's I would guess they changed the way the planchets were handled and as a result the later coins have a more planchet defects in weakly struck areas. Or at least that's always been my impression -- I'm hardly an expert in the series or mint procedures.
     
  7. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    As an aside, take into consideration the master die from these early years had so much more detail than later. LOOK AT THE BEARD! You never see that kind of detail in Abe's beard on a wheatie in the later years.
     
  8. snaz

    snaz Registry fever

    Is that a scratch on the reverse running parallel to "Pluribis"? Looks almost big enough to body bag a coin.
     
  9. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    I am not exactly sure just what you are seeing, but it is not a scratch.
     
  10. snaz

    snaz Registry fever

    I outlined it
     

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  11. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    I thought that be it, but I was not sure. Like I said, not a scratch.
     
  12. snaz

    snaz Registry fever

    Does it have luster? If it has nice luster then I'll say MS65, Super nice coin. D
     
  13. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    That is not its strong suit, but there is some there.
     
  14. snaz

    snaz Registry fever

    64+
    I dunno...
     
  15. Duke Kavanaugh

    Duke Kavanaugh The Big Coin Hunter

  16. EyeEatWheaties

    EyeEatWheaties Cent Hoarder

    nice coins. I love the early lincolns for the reason mentioned above. Early Lincolns have so much more detail
     
  17. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Tough call, virtually hit free, I don't think they deducted much for the spots. Low luster may have dropped it to 63....I'll roll the dice.
     
  18. Shoewrecky

    Shoewrecky Coin Hoarder

    thought it was a 63 so I went with a 62..
     
  19. jallengomez

    jallengomez Cessna 152 Jockey

    Given the impaired luster, spotting and what I consider a weak strike for an '11-S I went with 62. Given the lack of contact marks a 63 wouldn't surprise me.
     
  20. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

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