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Do You Think The DCAM Designations For Lincoln 1 Cent Proofs Are Worth It?

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 Posted 08/22/2024  1:29 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add manosgerms to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers

I recently began collecting more modern proofs of US coins. I was looking at a 1950 I cent proof and there are plenty available under 300 bucks at PR67
However if you want e PR67 DCAM you are going to have to pay 10 times that, and the regular CAM is going to be like 3 times as much as the non cameo.

What do people think about the relative value? Clearly it does depend on the particular date and the scarcity of each type etc. However, I personally feel there is a little bit too much emphasis on the DCAM designation particularly as it doesn't seem to be that objective when you consider different pieces.

As usual, the value is in the coin not the holder but would like to know people's views in general.
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 Posted 08/24/2024  3:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think that there is too much emphasis on the CAM, DCAM, and regular proofs too, but it is all in the eye appeal of the coin - folks got crazy over the DCAM proofs because the device just pops out at you.
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As is always the case with coin collecting, value, cost and beauty is in the eye of the individual collector. For me, pre 1970 US coins with a cameo contrast (Inclds deep cameo) are a beautiful depiction of the coin let alone a rarity. If possible and affordable, a cameo or deep cameo is preferable. In regard to the 1950 Lincoln, with a proof mintage of slightly over 50,000, finding a gem (65 up) red with cameo or deep cameo is a great pickup.
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All my proof Ikes are graded as DCAM, but then again, it is all I ever found to buy.
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Thanks guys well taken.
The way I think about dcam is simply a grade adjustment and I just can't justify the price hike at the moment vs what I can get
Namely a regular pf67 vs the dcam version at 10X
I just can't justify the price change especially as the one I am looking at seems as though it could slide to cameo even if it doesn't do dcam
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