2007 Penny Mint Uncirculated Pricing Question

Oh dear. I have a 2007 Penny. Sorry about that, and thanks for trying to help with the little I gave you. I'll go edit.

If your cataloging your collection for a future person to inherit, I suggest down playing all prices. by that I mean regardless of if a coin is MS-67 and worth $50, just write down it is a MS-65 or -64. I do this and leave notes that all coins are graded downward. I do this so in the future, whoever gets this mess would know that almost all coins are worth more than I have listed. In most instances if a person in the future wants to just get rid of the collection, they would find that no one will give them a MS-67 price anyway. And dealer they tried to sell any ocins to would offer much less than what the seller is expecting as usual.
The Red Book is a great example of not showing prices for coins over the MS-65 area anyway. In that book mostly MS-63 is the highest grade shown. A few higher but usually not.
Another good thing about doing this is you don't have to study grading if you keep all your grades down a bit.

Thanks Carl...good idea about downgrading the coins. I found myself doing that on some by leaving a note about it.

I appreciate the input from both of you. The magnifying glass that I did use was just a simple one I've had for years, a small one for reading.

Do you think that is mild enough magnification?

I'm trying to get a picture up...as soon as I recharge the camera batteries.

Wow. That is a great satin finish!

I can understand your confusion.
I have been looking at price guides and E bay.
The price guides I have looked at do not list
anything for satin finished coins.

Looking at E bay I see some of the same coins
slabbed by PCGS, some had "SATIN" heading with a MS-69
grade and some slabs had "SATIN" heading with a SP-69

SP-XX grades seem to be for satin of matte proof finished
coins. I have not seen any guides give prices for SP grades

Maybe some other members know of a guide showing satin finish coins.

As for your inventory. I some what agree that to grade your raw coins with the higher grades (MS-67 and higher)
could cause confusion for a future seller.

In my experience for a coin to be sold at a higher grade
it is when it is slabbed by a top TPG.

I have seen many experienced coin collectors use terms like
MS-65+ (plus) for business strike coins they think might fall into the higher grades.

I would also say that most satin or matte proof coins,
when sent into TPG's seem to come back SP-68 or SP-69
at least that is how it has been with the coins I have sent in. I am sure I would not put a lower grade on the coin you have posted. Saying that coin is a 63 or 64 coin
would be like saying something is wrong with it. If kept
in that condition putting a lower grade might be more confusing .. might be better to not grade it at all.