Do You Think This 1967 SMS Quarter Is Worth Grading?

Sorry about the pic quality, canon is acting up so using phone.

the photos are not the best. the original ones there is too much glare to see the surfaces for any wear. the second set obv photo is showing what looks like a circulated coin with rub on the higher points of the devices. especially under the eye, jaw, hair around the ear, neck and high points on the hair. so I don't know which way to go with this one.

on that last obv photo I'm seeing little round spots under the motto and around the date areas. typically these show up from a cleaning where the chemical was not entirely removed or something was splashed on the coin. if you look close at the rim area from K2-K5 particularly you will what appears to be some type of liquid was used

without better photos I'm going with AU details (Cleaned)

you can try the following setup to maybe get better photos with your phone

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 cameras view finder. if your phone has a portrait selection use that and then press and hold on the coin in the view finder to AF lock it
5. hold phone steady. if you can't 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'm not into SMS coins so can't comment on whether this one is or if its a business strike. the rims do look like an SMS strike. for business strike the coin would need to grade 67+ or higher to be worth slabbing. if its SMS slabbing costs would exceed the value of the coin even at MS68

once slabbed color enhancement would either slow down or stop completely as its not exposed to any elements

Agreed, not worth the cost for certified grading.

no, not worth the grading, and the rainbow toning is suspect to me.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Right now, you can buy slabbed coins for many denominations that cost far less than the current grading fees. I understand that you would want to slab a nicely toned coin, but you've already noted multiple deficits on this SMS, and you can probably just buy a cheaper PCGS (or whatever) slab that represents exactly what you want in your collection.

just won a 65,66 and a 67 slabbed and graded 36 bucks total. coins alone were 23. starting to upgrade clad years with graded examples.


edit: toned examples get crazy dough, though.