Grade This Hot Lips Please

Well I guess I got a decent deal on it. Worth getting graded?

I could not tell from the photo if the coin was hot lips.

Remarkable price.

Don't bother spending the money on grading unless you're flipping it; they're not at all uncommon in lower grades. Somewhere in the neighborhood of F15, and bought at a little more than a third of actual value in a PCGS slab.

Looks good to me, and I'd guess VG as the description says. Looks like a deal to me. Just my humble opinion though.

First off I have owned the ANA grading standards for a very short time. I have been around coins and collecting for a long time. But, I have just now started to get a little more serious about grading, since it is a very important part of the hobby. I am trying to learn the hobby, that is the only reason I am saying anything about grade.

My opinion as to grade will be worth exactly the amount you payed for it, ZERO. I think it will grade higher than some might think due to "modern" grading standards being a little easier. Not saying there is anything wrong with it. The standard has changed.

From what I read, my opinion is grade VAM 4 (Hot Lips) VF20 and could be VF30. Feathers show clear separation on the right wing, some individual strands of hair show above the ear, etc, etc...many things I read from the "book" are clear on this coin to be VF30.

But, I can only go by what the book says. I do not have vast years of experience to go by. I can't pull it off the "cuff". So my grade is from what I think the book is saying.