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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 25856535, member: 77413&quot;]If a coin could be insulted, this 1923 should be, having sold on eBay for $31.15.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t know if this is full red or would be red-brown, but I personally can’t see any brown. It actually replaced a graded MS 65 RB.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648168[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648170[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648169[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like this coin better than the plate coin on the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958/12543/1923-1c-ms/?des=ms-rd" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958/12543/1923-1c-ms/?des=ms-rd" rel="nofollow">NGC Coin Explorer web site</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648171[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As I mentioned a few days ago, I prefer sharp strikes from fresh dies. The plate coin shows very pronounced flow lines from die wear. This may give tremendous lustre.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it’s not to my taste. I think it detracts from the coin as it was designed and meant to be struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the plate coin would probably be graded higher, I suspect. Eye appeal and lustre are large components of the grade, while strike is much less. It does put my standards out of sync with the TPGs and the market, so I just have go my own way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m OK with that, but I have no incentive to suffer the disappointment of grading my coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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