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<p>[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1920656, member: 26030"]<b>1961 Proof Lincoln (PCGS PR67RB). </b> Probably some of the smoothest color I've ever seen on a proof Lincoln -- and the surfaces of this coin are flawless. I think it's deserving of a PR68 grade at least. I also think that PCGS blew the color class, as this should be a BN (not a RB) as this coin has 0% of the original mint fresh copper color. This coin displays a rare <span style="color: #000000">chartreuse color,</span> which is halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the color of a Frenc<span style="color: #000000">h liqueur<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29" rel="nofollow"> </a></i>c</span>alled "Chartreuse" that was introduced over 200 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1961_PR67RB_char.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Chartreuse2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1920656, member: 26030"][B]1961 Proof Lincoln (PCGS PR67RB). [/B] Probably some of the smoothest color I've ever seen on a proof Lincoln -- and the surfaces of this coin are flawless. I think it's deserving of a PR68 grade at least. I also think that PCGS blew the color class, as this should be a BN (not a RB) as this coin has 0% of the original mint fresh copper color. This coin displays a rare [COLOR=#000000]chartreuse color,[/COLOR] which is halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the color of a Frenc[COLOR=#000000]h liqueur[I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29'] [/URL][/I]c[/COLOR]alled "Chartreuse" that was introduced over 200 years ago. [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1961_PR67RB_char.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Chartreuse2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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