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Can you clarify what you mean when you say you "sent in", are you saying that you already sent this coin in to graded by NGC or only that you have posted the coin here on the forum.

When you view your photo can you see anything but a badly out of focus photo of what seems to be a Lincoln cent? That is all I can see, there is no way we can help you with photos like this.

The coin in your post has been cleaned and has negatively impacted the value. This coin is not worth the cost to have graded.

Welcome to the forum, you are fine asking questions here, understand that your replies will be from the members (fellow collectors and a few coin dealers) not from the folks who work for/at NGC. When you post a question on the ask NGC section it will be reviewed and then answered by the NGC staff, that can take hours to even a day or more.

Yep the new system is great for those, just a heads up, the NGC staff have to approve the PCGS coins so once you have finished imputing the coins it will be a day or two before you have access to them in the system.

Depends on what you are trying to accomplish, much of this thread has been a discussion about the old registry system as it will allow for raw coins. If you are trying to access that old system you need to go to https://coins.www.collectors-society.com. If you were trying to access the new system it looks like you are in the correct screen.

I could be wrong but from the screen shot you appear to be on the new system not the old one.

Hope you win it, it is a very nice coin and the price is not too bad right now.

You just use the same login name and password as you use to login to the forums. Actually, this is incorrect Bobby, raw coins can be input into the old system. They just cannot be seen in any sets (competitive or custom) and are only visible to the owner of the coin. At the initial input screen when you use the drop down box for grading service there is as the last option RAW, it works I have done it. That is not to say it is a better option than a spreadsheet, I use both, but it is an option.

I have a few like this, almost definitely caused by heat, although I cannot rule out a bad batch of holders as the culprit too. And unfortunately the only recourse is to have it reholdered.

The three coins you have posted so far have an all in retail value of $5 for the three coins combined. While you could start a for sale thread on the Marketplace here on the NGC site, or list on ebay, once you pay the cost to ship the coins and the ebay fees (there are no fees to list in the marketplace) you will end up getting just about face value. The Lincoln and Sac dollar are only worth the face value of $1.01, so you might as well just spend those. The Merc dime is worth more for the silver in the coin, but you would be just as well off to find a local coin dealer or "we buy gold and silver" place and sell it to them for the silver content. It is hard for many non collectors to understand why a coin that is as old as your merc dime is only worth such a small amount. But the truth is that condition/grade of collector coins is a very big component in determining the value of a collector coin. It is these little details that "the get rich quick from pocket change" type of hype and youtube videos conveniently leave out .

I assume it is a personal preference, in theory someone could use the cert number and try to use your coin in the registry. However, if you have the coin in your inventory/registry the system would notify you when or if anyone tries to use your coin. I have no issue with showing the cert, but usually I take my photos as close as possible and crop out as much of the background as possible.

I think 1 as well.

I am in agreement with the above, some type of damage, perhaps intentional or just a popped plating blister.

Your photos look great Bobby! Nice result from your phone camera.

The coin looks to have secondary toning, while not unattractive it suggests that the coin may have been cleaned (dipped) in the past. This can be a very difficult series to grade from photos and less than full strikes are not uncommon for this date. The reverse is nicer (better) than the obv, and while both sides display xf/au details, the photos do not show any discernable luster. So from these photos I would call this an XF45, in hand I might see it differently. The only concern I have with grading is Liberty's cheek, there seems to be a rectangle shaped flat area. I cannot recall seeing something like that on any seated coin, and if that is some type of damage then it could receive a details grade. For reference here is a PCGS AU55 coin that is for sale on GFRC, this coin demonstrates just how difficult it can be to grade from photos as I would never guess this coin to grade as high as PCGS called it.

That is your answer, the new system only shows the rankings for all coins. So if you have the old collectors system set to NGC only the two will be different. Select all coins in the collectors society system and it should be the same.

My best guess without seeing the coins is that you will have some expensive plastic when you get the coins back. The pops are somewhat low for the earlier dates for a reason, and while it is very difficult to assess the grade for proof coins from photos, the photos of the 71 do not give me the impression the coin will grade UCAM. Additionally, the 79-S appears to be the less desirable type1, and just above the "D" of IGWT I see a spot. If that spot is on the coin (which it appears to be) then you can forget about anything higher than PF68 (imo). We are not talking about a life altering amount of money here, and if you just want to test your grading skills against those of the graders then it may well be worth it to you to spend the money and have them graded. Just be prepared for less than stellar grades, that way if you get some it is a nice surprise. I have two submissions in for grading right now to use up the grading credits I received from my registry award last year. I have no significant coins in the group a couple of interesting toners and some modern coins, so while I have hopes that my grades will be good, I am not expecting the moon.

Actually, VV only has photos for an EDS coin, so that rev marker should be on every EDS coin. The problem is that VV only has the obv and rev markers for an EDS coin there is no information listed for a middle or late die state. That is why earlier I suggested that possibly because the op's coin does not have that rev marker that it could be a later die state that VV does not show. Depends, I'm sure that there are buyers that would be fine buying it (perhaps sight seen) raw. I would grade the coin XF, perhaps AU50, and the value to me is very low raw or graded. If you plan to sell it for the guide numbers you looked up on the PCGS website that you reference before do remember those values are biased on the coin being graded. While there is the odd sucker born every minute theory, most people will not pay anywhere near those price guide values for a raw coin.

Did you check to see if you have the setting to NGC only?

Just to expand on this, you can enter and your non-certified coins into your inventory using the old NGC registry system, this can be found at www.collectors-society.com. You can use the same username and password that you used to create this post. However, all this does is create a digital file of the coins, you are not allowed to use those raw coins in any competitive registry set. And while you can enter those raw coins into a custom set, nobody can see the coins in that custom set. Even while logged on you will not be able to see the raw coins you have entered into that custom set unless you are in the edit set mode. If you decide you want to create your inventory and populate it with raw coins I will be happy to provide you with the steps to do so.

Nice!

Welcome to the forum, as the fellows have said this appears to be a replica or counterfeit of some type. Besides the fact that no seated dollars were minted in NOLA for circulation in 1851, many areas of the coin look "off" compared to an original 1851 coin.