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New Member
United States
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Just got into coins. Lincoln variety mostly. I think I love the color. Curious about grading. How worth it it is? I have several Pennie's now that I've been finding during my treasure hunts to the bank, and places that don't mind. I was told that grading isn't all that worth it. Take this 1980, no mint mark, Double Obverse, I have. Doubling in the R for sure. It looks pretty good on face side. Reverse has a stain mark speck but overall well kept. Should I get this graded if I was going to consider putting it out there or just kinda put it out there and see what happens? I love picking through and hunting. I'm just not sure if investing 60$ a week to have a bundle of coins sent out every week is the right move. Haha.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21714 Posts |
 to the CCF How can you expect us to tell anything from such a small photo. Can't even tell the year. Please rotate, crop, enlarge and supply a photo of both sides so we can see the detail. Right now it is worth 1 cent unless we can see something else. Edited by JimmyD
09/29/2022 11:44 am
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New Member
 United States
6 Posts |
Apologies. Not much of a photographer yet. As far as the rotating I'm doing this with a phone and I'm the upload section it looks the right way so don't know why it's sideways. And to me they're all worth 1 cent unless something says otherwise. Hence why I'm unsure about sending some of these out for grading. Like how important is grading? I know that the obvious question to that but as a buyer, would you rather see it graded already? I feel like it's an obvious yes! ?   |
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Moderator
 United States
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@rr, first welcome to CCF. Second, no need to ponder slabbing any coin that is worth less than somewhere in the range of $100. As you know, this one is worth only face value. There is a pretty heavy black spot on the reverse which would hold this back even if it was otherwise uncirculated.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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as a general rule, almost all US coins dated after 1933 need to appear perfect to the unaided human eye before pro grading might be worth doing note there is a separate grading forum here where members grade your coin at no charge from photos you post |
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United States
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You come to the place to learn about coins. Note the forum threads? The top thread is showing number 1-20. That is where to look first if you wan to learn what to look for and have answers to questions that you have not even thought of yet. On this location start with the last page and to begin you education. Each topic has a question with a link. After the question there is a lower case answer the the question, and the link will help you see the discussion on a topic. That is the best way to learn. Lots of images with helps to understand what you are seeing. So start with page 20 and go backwards through each discussion. Many here have benefited from these topics and answers given. It all begins with a click on the first link. (Then you will see what I see on the coin being discussed) Enjoy. |
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United States
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New Member
United States
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Thanks guys for the links
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF There is not very many Memorial cents that meet the usual $150. min for grading. And then they are for a variety or a good error. To have one that grades high enough to send in for grading, you will look at thousands and thousands of coins. They are as rare as hen's teeth. As Coop says research this site it has a lot of information. |
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United States
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to CCF this cent is not worth the time or money to send in for grading. A coin in general should have an inherent value above around $100.00 to make it worth the effort. |
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