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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1613708, member: 26030&quot;]Just got grades and TrueView photos back from PCGS on Wednesday.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This 1959, which graded PR66RB, is a super rarity for color -- 1959 is one of the toughest years to find colorfully-toned in the Proof Lincoln series.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have no idea why PCGS put an RB on this one, it&#039;s clearly a BN with no original mint fresh copper color displayed.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; When I first saw this 1959 raw, I thought that perhaps the soft blue color might have been residue from an old dip.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I submitted this Secure Plus so it could be sniffed for illegal chemicals.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obviously it passed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was tempted to give this a soak in acetone to remove anything that might be on the surface of the coin before submitting; but now I am glad I didn&#039;t mess with it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1959LincProof.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1963, less rare than the 1959 for color but another difficult year,&nbsp; graded PR67RB.&nbsp; This one actually has a tiny bit of copper color&nbsp; (reverse top), so I will let PCGS&#039;s RB designation slide.&nbsp;&nbsp; This 1963 is&nbsp; the first PCGS graded Lincoln Proof that I have seen with silver toning&nbsp; blending softly into other toning colors without hard borders (smooth&nbsp; transitions of color always adds to visual appeal IMHO).&nbsp;&nbsp; I have seen&nbsp; other Lincoln proofs with silver toning but all the ones I&#039;ve seen (til&nbsp; now) were either solid silver on one side, or had a hard border of&nbsp; silver to copper.&nbsp; I thought for a while that silver color on a Lincoln&nbsp; was really simply zinc that hadn&#039;t been mixed properly in the 5% zinc,&nbsp; 95% copper alloy -- but that&#039;s clearly not happening here.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1963LincProof.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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