1914-D Lincoln

WOW! A beautiful example! It's an easy EF-45 and maybe AU-50 IMO.

What a nice original looking coin! XF45 for sure. I'd PCGS or NGC that one Scoob.

Nice, where did you pick it up?

I agree it should go XF45 and should be slabbed.

I'm not a member. I've been sending all of my coins to ANACS for the 5 coins for $95 economy deal. I'd have to weight whether it is worth becoming a member. I don't submit coins too often.

Usually, I only need one or two coins to be authenticated and throw in a few for grading just to meet the 5 coin minimum.

The mint mark was applied to the die by hand, so its position can vary.

The coin looks like it has been cleaned at some point. The surfaces look unnaturally shiny. If that's just the photo, so be it - that's all I have to go by. It's questionable whether PCGS would grade it, but that is certainly where it should be graded to maximize the return you are looking for. Having it graded by ANACS would be a waste of time and money in my opinion.

If the coin is natural and deemed so by PCGS, it would grade EF45, most likely. The detail appears to be solid AU, but the marks on the coin in various areas and the lack of luster would knock the market grade of the coin down to EF45. There is some chance the coin would come back in a "genuine" holder, indicating that the cleaning is apparent enough that they wouldn't grade it in a regular holder. At that point, it would probably sell for low-end EF money.

Just calling what I see in the image. If I had the coin in hand, I could come a lot closer to what they would likely do with it.

I personally have confidence in their grading - or at least I used to until they went through their wholesale offing of their staff. Most of their old staff went to ICG. Anyhow, this really has nothing to do with me, it's the confidence of the market at large in ANACS that is in the toilet. I doubt that will change any time soon. ANACS graded coins are largely viewed as raw and unauthenticated.