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New Member
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I have a 1959 penny that looks like it is in good condition. Worth anything?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Please crop and enlarge your images, showing both sides of the coin.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There is a grading section that may be able to help you more. They will need larger images, please crop your photos.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can get a general idea of potential value first by looking a coin up either in an online price guide for NGC or PCGS showing what a graded coin value is at different grades https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...s/cents/100/ , this site http://m.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices.htm or by a book like A guide book of United States coins that comes out each year and has pricing for non graded coins as well https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-U.../079484961X/ There are also some general sites like https://www.coinstudy.com/ that may help as you start to learn. Your specific coin looks like a good candidate for an album or personal collection or to sell ungraded if others find the grade high enough when you post again to the grading section and crop the photos so its just the cent (see others posts for examples). Generally for this year it is most likely not a grading candidate since the values shown in the NGC link in high uncirculated grades look to be mostly lower after grading than the grading fee costs with rare exception for the very top grade examples. These do exist but require some experience to determine if they are in that unlikely category. Edited by datadragon
01/21/2023 6:47 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Hi I was looking and I noticed this coin. Is it worth anything? Sorry if pics are not correct. I'm new to this and I Am probably asking dumb questions so don't get mad! Lol. Thanks.   |
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@debs, first welcome to CCF. Second, best practice is to only start one thread so I have merged your two threads. You are all set now.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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New Member
United States
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Thank you everyone I appreciate your feedback.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Datadragon (above) offers a good breakdown. Given the images posted, your '59 likely falls in the AU55-MS62 range. Can't be more definitive than that because the pics uploaded aren't sufficient to see details. A good album hole filler until better comes along.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks to be at least AU, probably MS-62/63 at best which is typical for these. Common enough it's little more than a "hole filler".
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to the CCF Appears to be AU to low MS, can't say for sure with the photos provided. While indeed nice condition for a 64 year old coin it is so common that it has no real numismatic value. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Debs try this to get the best shot. once you have the shots edit it on your phone and click the Crop button. pull all the sides in so that the coin fills the entire photos. your biggest issue is lighting. you cant use any overhead light or flash as it produces too much glare. if you cant get better shots it is a nice coin either AU58 or maybe mid MS maybe 63 but to discern the exact grade would take better photos so the surfaces can be seen. every little mark or scuff will detract grade . as for value a mid grade 1959 is worth a few cents. it would need to be MS64 or better to have any more value. hope that helps 1. turn off flash 2. place coin on flat surface with indirect natural light. maybe a window sill in a cloudy day. Use a black or white background to avoid any reflective color 3. move phone about 3in from coin 4. zoom in using your fingers until the coin comes into focus and fills the camera 5. hold phone steady. if you cant then place something on either side of the coin (like books) at that distance and lay phone between them. this will hold it steady and allow you to zoom and take the photo without any blurring i |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Photos still too small to grade from.
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Pillar of the Community
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Look at your photos and make sure you can see the detail before you post...not trying to sound rude, just the best advice I can give if you want us to be able to help you out better.
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Posted 01/21/2023 6:15 pm
