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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 838467, member: 16948&quot;]For anyone serious about Matte Proof Lincolns, you MUST buy a book, and Kevin Flynn&#039;s latest (mentioned above) is by far the most thorough.&nbsp; A book will give you the necessary diagnostics (in addition to the square rims, usually minute die lines in various locations on each date) which are critical in determining whether you have a Matte Proof Lincoln as opposed to a well struck business strike.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>MPL&#039;s are a different breed of proofs in that they are NOT bright and shiny and mirror-like.&nbsp; They are grainy and rough looking and not easy to determine they are proofs, which is one of the reasons they quickly became unpopular with collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a quick little story.&nbsp; I was recently offered a raw 1909 MPL from a customer.&nbsp; After determining for myself that it was indeed an MPL, I bought it and showed it to an friend in Baltimore who is an authority on MPL&#039;s and asked what he thought it would grade.&nbsp; After examining it for a few minutes, he determined that, yes it was indeed an MPL, but it had completely different diagnostics than what he had previously seen on other 1909 MPLs.&nbsp; To shorten this story, this coin is currently being discussed, examined, and analyzed among several MPL authorities, including Kevin Flynn, who also has determined that it is a new die variety not previously known. He will be using this coin when he updates his current book for the next edition.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, he thought it would grade PF64 RB, so after Kevin took a bunch of extremely close up photos for his book, I sent the coin to PCGS for grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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