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So, I have a 1982 Lincoln copper cent, small date, P mint. It's in probably MS68 at very least- acquired in 1982 as a birthday gift; part of a set of seven made in that year, I left it in its packaging envelope ever since. Great shape, high luster, finely detailed. Apparently it's worth a nice chunk of change, especially in the condition it is in. I am thinking of grading it with NGC and offering it for sale. Thoughts anybody?

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This is the Journals forum. Doubt if you will get an answer here.   
Repost this along with a clear photo of each side in the “Newbies” Forum.   
Photos are necessary or no one will be able to answer your question.

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   Unless you have a great deal of experience as a grader, you have no basis to claim that your 1982 cent grades "probably MS 68 at very least". Very few coins made for circulation achieve such a grade. Many, many thousands of uncirculated 1982 cents were saved of each of the hub and compositional varieties of cents made that year. Even if brilliant uncirculated, with full red mint color, your coin would likely grade MS 64-66 RD and only be worth a fraction of what it would cost you to submit it to a third-party grading service.

   Please read the following recent article by a leading coin dealer: Jeff Garrett: Fake News and Misinformation in Numismatics | NGC (ngccoin.com).

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As already mentioned the journals area is not the best place for questions of this type, secondarily there is no way that anyone can give you any specific advice without seeing the coin in question.   Even photos are unlikely to tell the full story as you would have to take the coin out of the mint packaging to have any chance of getting a decent photo assuming that you have the equipment to take high quality photos.

So my suggestion is to review the NGC explorer for this coin, I've included a screenshot for you.   Currently there are no coins graded higher than MS67+ and only two at that grade with 17 at MS67.   So while not impossible it is unlikely that the coin you have is "MS68 at least" and far more likely that your coin will grade MS66 or lower.   But if you decide to send in your coin please let us know how you do, I for one hope you have that first MS68.

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