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I've posted this photo on Reddit before, but I figure you guys might be interested. I was looking through my grandfather's wheat cents and this caught my eye. At first I thought it was a modern Zincoln mixed in there, but holy cow! I regret not wearing gloves, but I was just so excited I forgot... at least I washed my hands beforehand. Should I send it to PCGS for grading? I'm still a newbie in coin collecting so I'm sorry if I seem a bit clueless.  |
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Moderator
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 to the Community! |
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United States
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to CCF! Would love to see better, closer photos of both sides if you can. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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To the CCF Quote:
Should I send it to PCGS for grading? Hard to say when you only show a small photo of one side. There were over 1 Billion of these struck so unless it is MS67 or higher it wouldn't be worth the cost. We need larger cropped pictures of both sides in order to evaluate your coin. Edited by JimmyD
03/31/2021 5:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As others have said, it's a very nice coin but there were a lot of them made and saved. It is a keeper but very likely not worth getting graded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Fun find! Put in a 2x2, but don't waste your money on professional grading. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It won't be in perfect shape for long if you keep holding it like that.  to the CCF! |
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New Member
 United States
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Sadly I do not have a better camera :( however I'm glad that I'm not missing out on much.
Regardless I'm happy about my find.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nice one...what else did Grandpa have? Did he by chance fill up the first page? If he did...lets see some of those too!
Thanks for sharing!
smat
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Would be cool to see full, sharp photos of the coin's obverse and reverse. As others have noted, mountains of '57 D cents were minted, and many were hoarded by collectors, so there's a huge population of these in the low to mid range MS grade range--and many at MS67 and above.
Suggest not handling the coin with your fingers--gotta watch those finger prints on 'fresh' coins. All-in-all, a very nice coin to hang onto.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nearly perfect shape, except for the fingerprints on the obverse! :)
Edited by Big-Kingdom
04/01/2021 11:56 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks nice! Welcome to CC and thanks for sharing!
This is a common year with plenty of nice, red examples out there. Sadly, it's only worth a couple bucks and not worth slabbing.
Edited by BadThad
04/01/2021 7:58 pm
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Posted 03/31/2021 5:00 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
