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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1102523, member: 26972&quot;]26-S is notorious for soft strikes due to a slew of problems - red Book states that finding a well struck MS 26-S is the world series equivalent to hitting a world series gram slam. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The luster on this coin is in tact and plenty noticeable in hand equivalent to 63/4RB&#039;s all day long however the luster&nbsp; doesn&#039;t highlight and reflect back into the lens the way RB&#039;s typically do at that grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO no distracting hits what so ever.&nbsp; i think it is all of 64 considering the strike.&nbsp; At 65BN I don&#039;t know where the TPG&#039;s draw the line with factoring strike quality.&nbsp; Due to the PCGS price guide valuations, 63/500-65/2k) I&#039;ll surmise that it won&#039;t go 65 due to lack of strike, not near enough luster for 65.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The high point surfaces are very shiny however, I can not detect any hairline polishing. I believe this to be a soft planchet soft strike coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bow tie is struck well enough and exhibits zero wear. Lincoln ear, hair and cheek do not exhibit any flatness, just an over all &quot;mushiness&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am having a hard time with this coin.&nbsp; Please expand it to full res and give me your thoughts.&nbsp; I have another set of photos I will post however at a glance they are the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>What say ye?&nbsp;&nbsp; I have an offer on this coin and I have my ideas of what I think it is worth however I need to hear from the experts.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1926-SPCGSGenuineObverse18084392.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1926-SPCGSGenuineReverse18084392.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am loosing half the image size between upload and host and link to here.&nbsp; Does anyone know if there are setting in Photobucket with their subscribed service to stop this?&nbsp; thansk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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