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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kangayou, post: 1012954, member: 23111&quot;]I hope this is an appropriate place to make a statement , pose a question and solicit opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>During my wheat searching I found a very light colored alloy 1917 Lincoln and the fields of the obv and rev look sort of like some other matte proofs I&#039;ve seen pictures of. I was reading this thread and another thread in which RLM mentions that 1917 produced some of the most highly detailed Lincoln Wheats. I also stumbled across an article at: <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=5433&amp;universeid=313" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=5433&amp;universeid=313" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=5433&amp;universeid=313</a></p><p>and this excerpt caught my eye:</p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">... (See&nbsp; the photo of Mr. Blake, his representative Brian Wagner and other&nbsp; collectors celebrating). Mr. Blake&#039;s collection consists of the required&nbsp; nine coins, dated 1909 through 1916. A full collection of matte proofs&nbsp; consists of 9 coins, as the 1909 has both a &quot;plain&quot; and &quot;VDB&quot; reverse&nbsp; style. Rumors persist of a mysterious 1917 matte proof, but accounts&nbsp; have never been verified. After this final coin was added, Mr. Blake&#039;s&nbsp; collection was numerically rated Number 8 in the PCGS Set Registry, ...</font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>So tell me if this is just a well struck 1917 or whether it may be worth having attributed despite the fact that it is well circulated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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