Really special mint set Lincoln. Thanks guys.

[DonHeath]

Thanks to the grading room yet again for your careful attention. It's a coin I have been chasing for a long time.

 

[chinook]

Super find Don, Congrats.

[TomB]

That looks spectacular, Don! Was it a find from your local coin shop?

[DonHeath]

Thanks Tom. Yes it was. I was lucky enough to find a few sets that were extremely nice. That same set yielded a MS68 Cam half as well, and the batch yielded a few DDO's that I had been looking for. Likely the best $100 I've spent this year. I'm don't collect the Lincoln's, but I always hoped to holder one in cam. The 66 seems the easiest of the SMS Lincolns, but still it was fun seeing one in the wild.

[Hoot]

Great find Don! I know I have not looked at as many SMS sets as you have, but I've certainly looked at hundreds and have yet to find a coin that would get the CAM designation.

 

Hoot

[DonHeath]

Hoot,

 

Thanks. I felt the same way till that one.

[Wihlborg]

Really nice coin Don, and a great find!

 

Congrats!

 

John

[gmarguli]

That is a MAJOR score! Congrats! The last one sold on TT for $1200.

[MAULEMALL]

O M G That is a beaut

[DonHeath]

Thanks all. As a follow-up, I took a break this afternoon from work and met with Jim Dimmick (JDimmick on the PCGS boards) at the local shop. Jim is a good collector, and has a pretty sharp eye. I wanted him to meet the proprietor, as I think they'll have lots of future business in common, and I'd like to see the shop do well. I showed my buddy at the shop one of the halves from the sets I bought in an NGC holder. He said it was nice, but asked about this penny. Geez, it's been 6 weeks since I bought it, and he still remembered it. I told him it had holdered. He asked how well, and I showed it to him. I think I might have converted him to moderns. He's a good guy, and I promised to spend most of the proceeds in his shop. He wasn't too upset. He did let Jim and I look at his 1795 two-leaf, his 1798 and several other early dollars. As a bonus, he showed us an 1851 Lg.Cent that I would conservatively estimate MS66 BN. It was STUNNING. Perfectly centered and struck full, with smooth chocolate surfaces. It will be holdered, and is not for sale till then. Quite a day, all in all. When I spend some of my proceeds and don't feel so guilty, I'll ask him to let me take a pic of a few to share.