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1914-D Lincoln

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 Posted 11/17/2010  8:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add swiego to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is the mint mark really that far left on these older wheats?
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 Posted 11/18/2010  10:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The mint mark was applied to the die by hand, so its position can vary.
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 Posted 12/05/2010  02:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kelanies to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
EF45 easy
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 Posted 12/14/2010  2:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin looks like it has been cleaned at some point. The surfaces look unnaturally shiny. If that's just the photo, so be it - that's all I have to go by. It's questionable whether PCGS would grade it, but that is certainly where it should be graded to maximize the return you are looking for. Having it graded by ANACS would be a waste of time and money in my opinion.

If the coin is natural and deemed so by PCGS, it would grade EF45, most likely. The detail appears to be solid AU, but the marks on the coin in various areas and the lack of luster would knock the market grade of the coin down to EF45. There is some chance the coin would come back in a "genuine" holder, indicating that the cleaning is apparent enough that they wouldn't grade it in a regular holder. At that point, it would probably sell for low-end EF money.

Just calling what I see in the image. If I had the coin in hand, I could come a lot closer to what they would likely do with it.
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 Posted 12/14/2010  2:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Chuck.

I had decided to just hang on to it and not send it off. But, I'm curious as to why you said sending it to ANACS would be a waste of time. Do you not have confidence in their grading? Or is it something else?
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I personally have confidence in their grading - or at least I used to until they went through their wholesale offing of their staff. Most of their old staff went to ICG. Anyhow, this really has nothing to do with me, it's the confidence of the market at large in ANACS that is in the toilet. I doubt that will change any time soon. ANACS graded coins are largely viewed as raw and unauthenticated.
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