Got A New Coin Today Please Help!!

The ball below the word WE is rounded.

crop =) focus on the areas where you think there is wear, and the immediately surrounding area

Also - I don't know if it's true of your software, but I can set mine to a pretty high compression (smaller file size) without losing a much detail - especially on darker coins. When I play with my photos in Photoshop, I find I can safe them for web at a quality of sometimes 30 or 40 (whereas I'm accustomed to a minimum of 70, which doesn't work for this forum) without getting too much artifact.

JPEG format uses more file size for brighter image portions, so if you crop out the white, you'll save considerably on file size. Crop, but enlarge the important bits.

for what it's worth, it looks like a pretty coin to me!

Oh - also 3cent - have a look at http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#/TwoCent/Grades - you'll see coins of every grade that pretty dark chocolate color. =) These photos may not be detailed enough to help you grade your coin AU vs BU, but I hope it helps.

PPS: it looks like even their MS66 example has a rounded ball under "WE", so that's not an issue! w00tz!

This is far from my area of collecting, and I wonder, does it show any luster? are comparable pieces show luster at similar grades ?
oops! sorry didn't noticed the second page for the thread...

honestly it looks like a really nice au to me. You seem very nervous about the coin, however, and if you feel you've overpaid, better to be safe than sorry? As long as the seller you bought from is fair and offers a return guarantee, you might want to go through with it. Be aware that the expense and difficulty returning sometimes is more than it's worth.

*I'm NO EXPERT*

It looks like the more common large motto variety, so MY GUESS is it's worth somewhere between $50 and $100, depending on how generously it's graded. That's my non-expert guess - I could be very wrong.

Again, to me, it's puuuurty. =)

My advice would be to not send it in to any TPG. The possible dipping and value makes it not need a TPG.

I don't know why everyone here seems to want to send coins into a TPG- They are not always the "magic" answer. And sending a problem coin to PCGS is fine, it will just come back in a Genuine holder.