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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2655863, member: 77413&quot;]While there is still some spotting in 1948, the quality does seem a bit better than the previous years right after the end of World War II.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC reports that the Denver mint had &quot;noticeably worn dies&quot; and &quot;higher grades are elusive&quot;. Out of 172 million coins only 1237 are in MS 66 and only 77 in MS 67. An <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-cents/1948-d-1c-ms67-red-pcgs-pcgs-population-82-0-ngc-census-78-0-mintage-172-637-504/a/1241-7146.s?type=NGC1241" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-cents/1948-d-1c-ms67-red-pcgs-pcgs-population-82-0-ngc-census-78-0-mintage-172-637-504/a/1241-7146.s?type=NGC1241" rel="nofollow">MS67 at Heritage</a> has three conspicuous carbon spots on the front and another on the back, but sold for $540.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, who sends this coin in to be graded in the first place? I&#039;m more surprised that 1739 of these were graded by NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1946-S and 1947-S from the last two days are, in fact, graded, but I bought them both for $8.21 combined. That hardly seems like an incentive to spend $20 each on grading. Like almost all of my Lincolns, these are all raw.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]588299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]588300[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]588301[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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