1942 D Half Dollar: Please Guess The Grade!

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jackson12345 Valued Member Canada 71 Posts	Posted 10/23/2025 2:01 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year and/or Mintmark and/or Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. * I'm ready to put a few of my coins to auction, but I've never sent a coin for grading. This 1942D half dollar is one of my nicer peices. Need to know if it's worth the grading? Any guesses what grade I might be looking at? Thanks * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73795 Posts	Posted 10/23/2025 3:22 pm I'll guess MS-63. Unless it grades MS-65 or higher, it's not worth sending it in to a TPG. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 10/23/2025 4:11 pm MS-62 - not worth sending in for grading IMO either. Though I'm biased I only send in coins over $2K in value or heavily counterfeited. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10485 Posts	Posted 10/23/2025 6:30 pm Quote: I'm ready to put a few of my coins to auction, but I've never sent a coin for grading. Some Coin Auctions get the coins graded for you. But this is a lower MS grade, common date half - it's value is mostly for bullion. An auction house will charge you more than just selling it on ebay. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15395 Posts	Posted 10/24/2025 06:54 am I say it's a low-MS coin. At this grade for a common date coin its value is for the silver content and definitely not worth the grading fees. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
smat45 Pillar of the Community United States 2333 Posts	Posted 10/24/2025 08:47 am Quote: I'm ready to put a few of my coins to auction, Do you need the $ or YouTube got you feeling like you're missing out? Quote: but I've never sent a coin for grading. If you send it off to an auction house raw to have them grade it and place it in their auction...you will never hold that coin again. You just paid for shipping and insurance...so take that into consideration. They will subtract the amount for the grading and listing fee along with their cut from the final selling price and distribute the rest to you. If you send it off for grading yourself...tack on a 50 Dollar bill to what you have into it...grading fee plus shipping and insurance there and back. After you wait 2-4 months to get her back...Now what do you do? List it yourself on ebay...deduct the fee and pay the shipping and insurance again. Send it to an auction house...pay the shipping and insurance again and deduct their fees. Quote: Any guesses what grade I might be Lighting is a little strong... TPG's are pretty tuff on WLH's. Immediately...my eye is drawn to the disturbance on the breast area. The open field near T Y seem to have what may be considered hairlines? Soft/no thumb and incomplete gown design. Couple of ticks along the Eagles feathers and semi soft leg feathers. Depending on the luster (can't really tell from the pics) MS-62/3 Quote: Need to know if it's worth the grading? It's up to you. Nice coin...I'd put her in my album. Thanks for sharing and letting me beat you up a little. I've been beating up along the way $$$ just wanna make sure you know before you jump into the ring. smat Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18644 Posts	Posted 10/24/2025 09:10 am Jackson, I make it my mission to inform collectors that don't have a good understanding about having a coin graded. the costs of slabbing a coin today is ridiculous. here is my guideline to grading a coin. you need to decide if its worth it. the 42D is a very common coin in higher grades. the right obv field at K3 appears to have some rub and missing luster in that area. that will affect the grade. I would call her MS63. to cover grading costs and still leave a profit the coin would need to grade MS66 two reasons to slab 1. its a rare coin that needs authenticated and preserved 2. you are planning on selling the coin and the cost of acquisition plus the grading fee's would warrant it without chewing up all your profit PCGS charges a minimum of $69 for a subscription other subscription levels include grading vouchers though so you could reduce these costs. add to the subscription cost, per coin grading cost which I think for this one might be $23, shipping & ins both ways (1-4 coins is $27 if the total value is under $1000) NGC - economy grading tier is $22, plus $10 handling fee, plus $28 for shipping (1-5 coins). ANACS grading would be $16 but there's a 5 coin minimum. Shipping would be $29-35. CAC - $99 subscription ($50 grading credit), economy grading $15, gold $28, $40 shipping/handling/ins Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36638 Posts	Posted 10/24/2025 09:32 am Looks MS-63. Probably not worth spending the grading fees on. Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 10/24/2025 1:29 pm Not worth the grading You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Report this Post to the Staff
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