Coinbuf

Hard to say from the photos, might just be tarnish although it looks really thick like paint or glue. You have a well worn common date Buffalo with some sort of substance on the surface that is not pretty to look at, it would cost you $50-$60 to grade and slab a $2 coin. If you want to remove that gunk you could try placing the coin in some pure acetone for a few minutes to see if whatever is on the coin will dissolve away. Either way it will never be worth the cost to have graded and slabbed, many (most) old coins are not worth the cost.

Still in the GSA holder ungraded. The nasty hit on the chin is rather distracting but the color is nice.

Send it in if you want but it will be a huge waste of your money. Just a heavily circulated (and likely plated) wheat cent worth $.03 for the copper content.

See your other threads.

As I posted in one of your other threads all modern proofs are made at the SF mint and will have an S mintmark, these are not proofs. These are circulation coins worth $.25 each.

Congrats on the grades.

There are a couple of varieties that are sought after, you do not have one of those and the coins in your op are worth $.05 each.

Yes, all modern proofs are minted at SF, hence the S mintmark.

Well its already a 99% clown show so what is 1% more.

A seller can ask anything, buyers have to decide if the price is "ok" to them. Unfortunately due to the huge demand for crayon colored coins like this the price guides are almost never going to match the market price.

While I'm sure the op is long gone in his fit of rage over the injustice done to him, I would like to point out that PCGS also will have no problem placing blue/purple copper coins in their holders. It has been known for a very long time that these colors can be easily created, these coins are fully accepted by both the major TPG services on copper of all ages. Just to be clear I'm not saying these were lab made, simply that the op's complaint has been accepted in the greater market.

Bad idea, so that means it probably will happen.

I'd be laughing all the way to the bank, he can cry and whine all he wants.

I am just the opposite, looking at the auction results buying from him and getting the coins slabbed by NGC is a very profitable venture.

From the photos, (much better than many thank you) I'm going to stay conservatives and say VF35 shot at XF. I would not spend the monies to have this graded unless it was a rare VAM, which I do not think it is.

I'm with @Mohawk questionable color and AU details.

Hmmm I like Montana too.

Don't mind the kids, its past their bedtime and they are cranky.

That is surprising as my daughter is always telling how amazing her apple products are . Are you sure the phone does not have a macro setting? Even my very old S8 Samsung has that feature. There are a few threads here on taking photos with cell phones but you would need to do a search which is not always easy. I have this thread bookmarked and it may have some replies on cell phone photos. Lighting Generally if you take a stack of books and place the phone on them with the camera hanging over the edge, use a couple of lights and the timer feature in the phone you should be able to take decent photos. Just crop and make sure the photos are oriented properly before posting.

Here is a handy reference pic put together by one of our forum members @Greenstang, notice that the distance from the rim is one of the PUP's.

Well kind of, rather out of focus and you cut off the right edge of the coin which is one of the ways to determine a lg from sm. However from your three photos it seems that this is a small date.

Welcome to the forum, please read the posting rules and help us to help you by providing full obv and rev photos of the coin.

@Terri Lynn do you think this is a proof? And if so are you thinking that because its shinny?

it is just a guide, use it for what its worth. Personally I seldom look at either the NGC or PCGS guides, I find recent auction results are a much better real world gauge of value. Only on very unusual coins that are seldom seen in the marketplace would I consult the guides, which for the material I buy is almost never.