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You may think that I have been enjoying too many adult beverages here, but let me explain. As I approach completion of this collection and find that the few remaining are either unobtanium or seldom available in nice enough grade, I began thinking that since the matte proofs are my favorite subset of Lincolns and I believe my 1916 example is probably the most beautiful single coin in my collection that it deserved a mate. Therefore, I finally found a Buffalo that I felt would go nicely with the Lincoln in both eye appeal and value.
In the year 1916, the mint only produced proof examples of the cent and nickel for several reasons. Mint records show only 600 of each delivered. Populations published by PCGS/NGC and factored for resubmissions show approximately 263 cents and 343 nickels in all grades. It is believed most of the rest were either destroyed or released to regular circulation since they were wildly unpopular with the collecting public at the time.
In any case, I have attached a picture of the PCGS labels for the 2 coins and here are the links to the True View images:
If any of you are comfortable in grading Buffalos, since it does not have a CAC blessing, please comment if you think this example is on the strong or weak side for a PR67.
As a side bonus, since the PCGS Registry Set for 1916 Proofs is only 2 coins, I could enter that at 100% but am not really into registry set competition.
In the year 1916, the mint only produced proof examples of the cent and nickel for several reasons. Mint records show only 600 of each delivered. Populations published by PCGS/NGC and factored for resubmissions show approximately 263 cents and 343 nickels in all grades. It is believed most of the rest were either destroyed or released to regular circulation since they were wildly unpopular with the collecting public at the time.
In any case, I have attached a picture of the PCGS labels for the 2 coins and here are the links to the True View images:
If any of you are comfortable in grading Buffalos, since it does not have a CAC blessing, please comment if you think this example is on the strong or weak side for a PR67.
As a side bonus, since the PCGS Registry Set for 1916 Proofs is only 2 coins, I could enter that at 100% but am not really into registry set competition.
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