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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1457194, member: 26030&quot;]<b>1917 Lincoln Cent.&nbsp; </b>I didn&#039;t realize how much controversy this coin would precipitate when I posted it!&nbsp; I will be sure to let you all know how PCGS grades this Lincoln either way.&nbsp; (I will post results in this thread).&nbsp; I should probably know in about a month.&nbsp; To my eye this coin looks great (however I am not above being fooled!).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this, I have examined hundreds of spectacularly toned coins in hand ... and this 1917 Lincoln is one of the better ones I&#039;ve seen in terms of being both beautiful and believable (i.e.natural looking) -- and I feel fairly confident (perhaps 75% to 80% sure) that PCGS will grade this one.&nbsp; (However, I have been wrong before.) </p><p><br /></p><p>This was certainly well worth $90 to me (that&#039;s chicken feed).&nbsp;&nbsp; If it grades, I got a huge bargain.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I did want to share that I got GSC to give me a money back guarantee that if PCGS Genuines the coin, they will refund my $90.&nbsp; That is about as an air-tight guarantee as I&#039;ve ever gotten from an ebay seller.&nbsp; Most will only give&nbsp; you a few days to send a coin back for a refund.&nbsp; Honestly even without that money back guarantee, I would have rolled the dice on this coin for 90 bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good comparison shot. Posted below is an iPhone photo that I shot in indirect sunlight in my house ... comparing the raw 1917 Lincoln that I bought from GSC with a PCGS-graded MS65BN 1935-D Lincoln.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1917 was placed directly on top of the PCGS slab so the lighting and camera angle is really close to identical on the two coins.&nbsp; I think this gives a really good look of how great and how natural the 1917 appears to be. (Note the great perimeter coloration and the nice luster on the 1917).&nbsp; &nbsp; I really do think this 1917 is going to grade at PCGS -- I am guessing a MS65+BN -- but I wouldn&#039;t fall over in my chair if this graded MS66BN (I can&#039;t see any reason why this wouldn&#039;t achieve a 66 grade, but PCGS is sticky on handing out 66&#039;s).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s funny that to my eye this 1917 does remind me a bit of a Matte Proof Lincoln, though I know that&#039;s impossible due to the 1917 date (and the rim is not wide enough or sharp enough) -- still it sort of has some (Matte) proof-like qualities.&nbsp; This is just a stunning, well-struck beauty with some striking, colorful target toning -- probably from being in an album for many decades.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/comp2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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