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1955, 1957, 1958 P Mint Set Sealed

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 Posted 08/13/2024  8:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Zinkin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have this sealed Mint set from 1955, 1957 and 1958 from Philadelphia Mint and they look pristine and not scratched up. My question is should I break out like the 1957 penny and send it off for grading or any of the other coins. The reason I am asking is a few people are telling me to send in that 1957 penny and see if it comes back 68 or higher. I am just not sure of the protocol of breaking up sets and is it even worth my time and money. I have never sent off a coin before and they say people are looking for this penny in top grade condition ? I can try and post some pics if I can figure it out but it is sealed in plastic from the mint.
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 Posted 08/13/2024  8:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You should start by trying post some photos here first, because grading is rather $$$ costly,
If you don't know exactly what you have. I realize that opening your mint sets is another thing
to consider, whether to do or not.
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 Posted 08/13/2024  8:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Zinkin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is there a sticky for how to take pics (like what size they need to be to post) and if I take with the plastic, not sure how they would come out but I will try.
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 Posted 08/13/2024  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add machine20 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would not advise sending in these coins no matter how good they look. 99% chance you won't come out ahead
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 Posted 08/13/2024  10:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Zinkin - I'll give you a bit of time to post up images before this topic will get locked for lack of them
But for posting images, 300K is the max allowable file size - yes that is sufficient size for great pictures to be posted.
No images on your scope of computer monitor - we want the actual image file.
Generally 800 pixels wide are great for the forum to display properly - some folks post larger the they resize to fit the screen anyway.

Make sure that each image has its own unique file name - if you use the same name, the previous file will be over written.

Please post your coin up right (not sideways (us old folk here can get sore necks pretty quickly.

other than that, read the instructions found on the image up-load dialog box.

and one last thing - only one coin per topic, create as many topics as you need.
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To CCF! Upload pictures if you can.
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 Posted 08/14/2024  04:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Here is a link on grading: https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/
Chances are your coins will not grade high enough to justify sending them in. Post up a couple good quality photos so we can help you out.
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 Posted 08/14/2024  12:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
We will gladly help you, but we will need images first. We are locking this topic to prevent posts with "We need images". You will get many more quality responses when there are quality images in the first post of a topic. Please start a new topic when you are able to upload pictures. If needed you can use the testing forum. Tutorials are below.

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