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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1481773, member: 26030&quot;]<b>1957-D Lincoln Cent (PCGS MS67BN).&nbsp; </b>This is only the 2nd Lincoln Cent that PCGS has assigned an MS67BN grade, out of nearly 300,000 Lincoln Cents they have graded since they starting grading coins nearly 30 years ago.&nbsp; MS67 is the top (highest) PCGS grade in the Brown Color class for the entire run of Lincoln Cents.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first breakthrough at that grade and in that color class happened back in late May -- and this coin is the second.&nbsp; &nbsp; This coin was an NGC MS67<img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/star14_gray.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />RB that PCGS crossed to MS67BN.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do have some question if this should have been classified a BN color class coin or a RB (NGC thought it was RB).&nbsp;&nbsp; The defintion of a BN coin is it contains less than 5% original mint-fresh copper color (the color copper cents have when first being minted) -- so the ultimate question is what percent of this coin shows original mint-fresh copper color?&nbsp; If it&#039;s less than 5% then it&#039;s classified a BN (Brown); if it&#039;s between 5% and 95% then it&#039;s classified a RB (Red-Brown); more than 95% and it&#039;s classified a RD (Red).&nbsp; Even if this coin really is a RB and PCGS messed up calling it a BN -- it&#039;s still in rarefied country as there are only 63 MS67RB Lincoln Cents known (i.e. graded by PCGS).&nbsp; In any case, there is no question that it&#039;s beautiful -- at least I think so!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1957D_Linc_MS67BN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the PCGS Population Report for all Lincoln Cents, broken down by color class and grade.&nbsp; The position of this coin is circled in red.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/PCGS_Lincoln_Pops.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an iPhone photo I just shot this morning in the new slab.&nbsp; The photo is a bit dark because I shot the coin early this morning (however morning light does make for nice photos sometimes).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1957D_iphone2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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