I recently saw an off-center prooflike Lincoln on Ebay (and later found out it was owned by a CoinTalk member, @ddddd ). I was able to adopt it, and it just arrived at its "forever home." It's graded 64PL by old ANACS. One reason I was so excited to acquire this piece is because he matches my 95D Roosevelt, also PL, and also off-center. I bought this piece a couple of years ago, graded 65PL by old ANACS. I crossed it to NGC and got 66FT. What is most interesting to me about these pieces is how the struck area is nicely mirrored, but the unstruck area is lustrous. It is a cool effect, looking at the transition from dull to shiny. I hope you enjoy! If you have any off-center PL coins, please post them.
How can this be a) A PL unless the photo is bad, or b) a photo this bad. Nothing in these images reveals the slightest hint of PL going on.
Well, the photos aren't showing the PL surfaces as well as I would like - but these pics aren't that bad. It is hard enough to show PL well in a picture in the first place, but then you add in the off-center bit with its irregular shape, and how it shadows the coin at a lot of angles, plus in the slab.... it is not easy to get a good picture of these coins! Trust me, in hand it is quite obvious.
Glad you like it @physics-fan3.14 and it's cool to see the two coins together! As for the pictures, they do show the coin well. Guessing the grade from pictures can be accomplished, guessing the designation (i.e. pl) is tough since you'd need the right angle to show it. Plus, as mentioned already the error and slab make it tougher to capture the pl.
