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<p>[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1760894, member: 26030"]<font size="3"><font face="verdana"><b>1988 Proof Lincoln (PCGS Secure Plus PR66RB).</b> I posted this recently in the new acquisitions thread, but I still get such a kick out of the color on this monster that I had to post it again in this "Post Your Lincolns!" thread. It's the best color I've ever seen on a late-date, PCGS-graded Zincoln. This is the kind of color that makes my heart beat faster. If you look closely at Lincoln's hair and beard, you'll see clear signs of "elevation chromatics", a pretty good tell for NT. I cracked this coin out of a sealed Proof Set; none of the other coins in the set were toned. I bought the set on eBay for $75 (a bargain to me at least). The image of the obverse (below) was pulled from the max-sized (out-of-the-slab) PCGS TrueView photo.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1988-S_Linc_O_1100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1760894, member: 26030"][SIZE=3][FONT=verdana][B]1988 Proof Lincoln (PCGS Secure Plus PR66RB).[/B] I posted this recently in the new acquisitions thread, but I still get such a kick out of the color on this monster that I had to post it again in this "Post Your Lincolns!" thread. It's the best color I've ever seen on a late-date, PCGS-graded Zincoln. This is the kind of color that makes my heart beat faster. If you look closely at Lincoln's hair and beard, you'll see clear signs of "elevation chromatics", a pretty good tell for NT. I cracked this coin out of a sealed Proof Set; none of the other coins in the set were toned. I bought the set on eBay for $75 (a bargain to me at least). The image of the obverse (below) was pulled from the max-sized (out-of-the-slab) PCGS TrueView photo.[/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1988-S_Linc_O_1100.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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