What do you think?

Grade
Eye appeal
Luster
It is officially the winter, the "Mile High City" has now seen it's second recordable snow fall of the season.
I have been off and on searching a Mint bag of 63's.
What do you think?


That obv jumped out of the handful.

 

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A little banged up but it does have a very strong strike. For grade I am split between a 63 and a 64 RD. It does have good eye appeal. Over here in Missouri we haven't gotten any snow yet.

 

pretty sure she'll take a 63 if not higher.. nice find (though having a whole bag to search though is kinda cheating lol)

 

It's not cheating. You get to find many a different die pairings in different die stages. If you get lucky. You find a matching die stage and Pairing.

 

*hides the bags of state quarters...* nobody would do that lol

 

You never know what you will come across. I have a bag of 68D that are hard to follow.

 

Nice coin, are you going to have it graded? MS quality in my opinion, good luck.

 

Maybe one day I will run a few into ANACS or to ICG. They are too fun right now to throw into an album or the cabinet. I don't have much faith in third party grading, and I don't buy to intentionally sell.

 

@Pickin and Grinin, My sentiments also! Thanks.

 

It’s a shame that the reverse is a little banged up but still a great coin

 

High luster Lincolns are the hardest for me to photo.
Here is another look at the coin above.
The fields are blazing with die polishing so getting the relief and the fields details is challenging.
As you can see the coin is in a later die stage, at least the reverse shows some PIDT and the luster isn't nearly as vibrant.
I changed the distance of the coin from the camera and these have a better in hand look except for over exaggerated gouge at 10 obverse that is hardly seen in hand.

 

Looking thru archives I haven't ever found a 63 with surfaces like the obv.
Here is a 66+ that has some heavy polishing and the weaker strike on the reverse. Most 63's have spotting.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-ce...5-664/a/131637-23991.s?hdnJumpToLot=1&x=0&y=0

 

As we all know MS grades are basically
a luster grade the brighter the coin the
higher the grade, I have even seen some
rubs and distractions on coins in the 67
range, so even with a little PMD I think
your still looking good.

 

Looks like a small piece of copper on the coins rim.

 

Thats strait from a $50 mint bag. There might be bag marks but not PMD.

 

Thats the "What is that" thread.
What is that? | Coin Talk

 

The reverse looks really clumpy though
looks like something abnormal happen to
this coin some what along the line..LOL

 

Wish you well in your efforts. Die pairing

 

That’s funny