Bought A Roll Of Uncirculated 1957/ 1958 Lincoln Wheat Cents. Help Me?

You need to take photos of coins out of any kind of holders. A coin needs a retail value of at least $100 to justify all costs involved in sending them in.Here is a link on grading:https://www.PCGS.com/photograde/
John1

Check your pics first to be sure they're right-side up!



to the CCF!

@panzaldi

It is worth noting that the PCGS platinum membership is $249 and includes 8 grading vouchers. If you are grading at least 8 coins the membership cost is not actually any "extra" per say as long as your 8 coins are worth under $2,500 each. It actually saves you money on the first 8 coins since standard service is normally $40 per coin.

BU rolls of these years are common. To the untrained eye, you may think you have something but chances are the coins all range from MS-60 to MS-64. Finding a high grade, gem in a couple of rolls is highly unlikely.

Watch out, the hobby is quite addictive. You'll learn a lot by sharing here, just keep in mind a few things in each post. Try to get your pictures as close to what you have in hand as possible, view the photos before posting and ask yourself the simple question, "is this photo good enough detail to give a fair grading estimate?" I'm fairly certain most of the posts from newer members, including myself when I joined ccf were full of photos which were not good enough for a fair grading estimate. Good photos will receive more replies.

Many factors cause most circulation strike coins to be less than perfect. Planchets were abused. Master dies used to manufacture the minting dies were used multiple years many times. Die pressure was less than optimal many years to increase lifespan of the dies used to mint the coins, leading to weak, mushy strikes. Die wear from over-used dies. The coins on top of that shoot out of a die at a decent speed, fall into a container on top of other coins causing damage, then receiving more damage when more coins are kicked out into that coin. After that they are/were transferred to large bags which have an enormous amount of weight in them, usually stacked on top of each other, tossed around, etc, then eventually shipped to the banks to be put into machines that roll the coins which oftentimes damage the coins, especially on the crimping ends.

All this before ending up in the hands of the consumer.

To find a perfect business strike coin is probably harder than finding a needle in a haystack, but that's what most of us like about the hobby.

Look forward to seeing you on the forums.

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My biggest Beef is the product PCGS shows on their website. Many coins submitted seem to have way less issues than certified PCGS ms-67 coins. As KY has stated a coin must pass through a gauntlet before it gets into your hands. Rare enough indeed! Surly coins that are almost flawless should come before the color the copper has turned into because of storage locations. However PCGS gravitates to assigning higher grades to the eye appeal bump seemingly oblivious to some contact marks, because it's more market friendly. BadThad is absolutely correct when he says grades above ms -66 are manipulated.