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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 635876, member: 16948&quot;]On another thread, a poster basically asked what was a certain Matte Proof Lincoln cent that he was interested in worth.&nbsp; The thread eventually turned into a strong discussion/debate on whether a coin is <i>worth </i>whatever someone is willing to pay for it.&nbsp; There are a lot of quality opinions on both sides of this argument which you can read here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t56247-4/#post635779" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t56247-4/#post635779">http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t56247-4/#post635779</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, I thought I&#039;d start a separate thread relating to discussions and opinions specifically on the value of Matte Proof Lincolns.&nbsp; Let me start by highly recommending the newly published book &quot;Lincoln Cent Matte Proofs&quot; by Kevin Flynn.&nbsp; It is the most informative and comprehensive book I have seen on Matte Proof Lincoln cents and anyone interested in MPL&#039;s should get this book and read every page.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First, here are the mintage struck figures for MPLs:</p><p><br /></p><p>1909 vdb - 1,194*</p><p>1909 - 2,618</p><p>1910 - 4,083</p><p>1911 - 2,411</p><p>1912 - 2,372</p><p>1913 - 2,983</p><p>1914 - 1,365</p><p>1915 - 1,150</p><p>1916 - 600*</p><p><br /></p><p>*As most know, even though the 1916 shows a much lower mintage than the 1909 vdb, for various reasons the 1909 vdb is considered the most rare with the lowest survival rate of all the MPL&#039;s, thereby making its value or sales figures much higher than any other MPL.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These mintages are pretty amazingly low, don&#039;t you think?&nbsp; You can see how truly rare MPL&#039;s are, and I don&#039;t think these low mintage figures are common knowledge among the general coin public, so MPL&#039;s have gone under-appreciated for quite a while.&nbsp; Another reason for their lack of popularity is their &quot;matte-ness,&quot; if you will.&nbsp; They have such a granular surface instead of the mirror-like finish generally associated with proofs that many people simply don&#039;t like them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It has been only in the last few years that MPL&#039;s have gained in popularity, and I&#039;m guessing the PCGS registry system has had something to do with their increasing popularity.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, here&#039;s what I&#039;m curious about - what are they worth to you as a collector?&nbsp; What criteria do you mostly use to base your value of these coins - mintage, past auction figures, eye appeal, toning, redness, grade, what holder it&#039;s in, surface quality, etc.?&nbsp; Most would say, all of the above, but what is the most important guage&nbsp; you personally use or would use in buying an MPL?</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, eye appeal is the foremost attribute I use in judging most any coin, but especially an MPL, for purchase, both as a collector and as a dealer.&nbsp; Below is my 1916 MPL (PCGS PF65 BN) which has everything I personally look for in a coin, but most of all it has great eye appeal to me.&nbsp; Even though it is a brown coin, it has very pretty underlying colors and a super crisp flawless surface.&nbsp; If you&#039;ve seen many of the other coins I collect, you will usually see that my coins have eye appealing toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of you know I sell MPL&#039;s, and I&#039;m truly not trying to sell you one of my MPL&#039;s - I&#039;m just trying to get a discussion going, based on the prior thread, on what you all think about these rare Lincolns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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