Excellent Example of a Wheat Cent

[Guest]

Alot of people have seen or read about this and some have not. I received this in an E-mail and thought I would share.

http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/l/bl_finest_known_wheat_cent.htm?nl=1

[RWBILLER]

Joe:
I have seen the 1919 before - it is unbelievable - not only to be struck like it did - but to survive.
Roger

[mustbebob]

Many years ago, I sold an MS66 RD 1919 coin. It was just as beautiful in my eyes. At the time, I got $500 for it, and it seems as though that prices is still pretty accurate today for a PCGS slabbed example. I really do love this nice clean coin!

[jpl6332]

I still think the Mint found something close to artistic perfection in the 1915 Lincolns, look at the back of Lincolns head and at the beard, the hair comes alive in the 1915 series as compared to others, look real close and you will see that Blay's MS68 1915 has a better strike than the MS69 1919, although the color is more Red instead of Gold (could be the light and camera used) and I wonder if this could have something to do with the copper alloy or mine locale as discussed in Flynn's Lincoln Cent Matte Proof book.

Blay's 1915 coin;

http://www.coingallery.org/1915PCGSMS68RD.html

Jeffrey P. LaPlante
My2cents Numismatic VARities

[1sgret]

Both are beautiful coins.

[jcuve]

Wow. Looks like a coin someone took straight from the press yesterday...