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<p>[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 2010421, member: 26030"]<b>Lincoln Proofs Through The Years</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting seeing how the detail was slowly lost on Proof Lincolns from the early teens to the 1960's -- then a somewhat more cartoonish redesign was done in 1969 -- which leads to the sandblasted finish the last few years, devoid of much detail. I wish they would return to the beautifully-artistic and finely-detailed rendition that they were using 100 years ago. This is one case where newer was definitely not better and improved. </p><p><br /></p><p>1915 (PCGS PR66BN)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1915.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1941 (PCGS PR64RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1941.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1955 (PCGS PR66RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1955.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1961 (PCGS PR67BN)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1961.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1972 (PCGS PR68RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1972.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1989 (PCGS PR68RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1989.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2004 (PCGS PR69RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_2004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2013 (PCGS PR68RB)</p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_2013.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 2010421, member: 26030"][B]Lincoln Proofs Through The Years[/B] Interesting seeing how the detail was slowly lost on Proof Lincolns from the early teens to the 1960's -- then a somewhat more cartoonish redesign was done in 1969 -- which leads to the sandblasted finish the last few years, devoid of much detail. I wish they would return to the beautifully-artistic and finely-detailed rendition that they were using 100 years ago. This is one case where newer was definitely not better and improved. 1915 (PCGS PR66BN) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1915.jpg[/IMG] 1941 (PCGS PR64RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1941.jpg[/IMG] 1955 (PCGS PR66RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1955.jpg[/IMG] 1961 (PCGS PR67BN) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1961.jpg[/IMG] 1972 (PCGS PR68RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1972.jpg[/IMG] 1989 (PCGS PR68RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_1989.jpg[/IMG] 2004 (PCGS PR69RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_2004.jpg[/IMG] 2013 (PCGS PR68RB) [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1000x1000_2013.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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