IMO the mint dropped the ball on the Lincoln's this year. I checked the NGC census and it also shows the quality of these coins. In 2008 there was only 1 coin graded PF66UC with none lower. So far in 2009 they have graded 21 at the PF66UC level, 13 at the PF65UC Level, and the big shocker 5 at the PF64UC Level. There has also been 2 Professional Life Cameo coins graded. Only 10-11.5% are hitting the PF70UC level.
my sets were suppose to be delivered on the 29th and when i checked they show them out for delivery, but they pushed back the delivery date till the 1st
My Silver proof set arrived today and it is in pristine condition. The coins all have what I consider to be a flawless deep cameo presentation with no scratching/bubbling/ distracting marks at all on any of the coins. However, I am going to be looking at them with my table magnifier and making sure what I have said here is correct. I think Im gonna try to order one more set and send in the coins from the current set to be graded. I cannot see any problems with a good naked eye examination though.