VKurtB

Not satin. Stop it! Long ago now you've stopped "asking" and are now "selling" the idea that it's satin. That's not how this works.

Sure beats my current 1918-D album coin, which is a barely G example. As for its base grade, I think VG is a little harsh. I think I'm seeing at least F, maybe a bit more.

My dad would have asked how you can tell the gender of the person who ran the striking press.

Not at all! The ANA and ANACS haven't had anything to do with each other for several decades. The LAST time they had ANYTHING to do with each other is now 30 years in the past.

I've started using the blue nitrile gloves, when gloves are called for, which isn't often.
 
What JKK said upthread cannot possibly be emphasized too much. There is a VAAAAASST territory between "meh, junk" and worthy of being graded. Did I mention it's vast? It's probably bigger than either extreme is. And once you become okay with that fact (and please do), there are even finer classifications, such as "cardboard 2x2 worthy", "Saflip worthy", "Capital Plastics holder worthy", "2x2 slide page worthy", "hard plastic holder worthy", 2x2x9 stock box worthy", "tube filler", "jar filler", and several others. And they ALL are neither junk nor worthy of being third party graded.

There is an area between "worth mostly metal value" and "worth having graded"--let's call it "worth protecting with at least a flip"--and it is quite possible that most of your best examples will fall into this category. You might want to handle these with clean cloth gloves (some dealers use throwaway linen gloves) or little rubber fingertips that I call leprechaun condoms. They sell by the bag. If you did happen to have a really nice high uncirculated coin, and you thumbed it while arranging it for photography, it might lose a couple of grade notches. With most coins, the higher the grade, the disproportionately more the value jumps. So if it's worth $10 at 63, $20 at 64, $40 at 65, and $145 at 66, and it was a 66 before it got an indelible thumbprint in handling, now it might be a 63 and careless handling made $135 evaporate.
No one can fully tell whether any of those Mercs have full split bands; too many crammed into one pic and too small. Plus they're not oriented correctly, which some people won't even bother looking at.

I think you can FORGET that concept. Only the top  2, IF both of them; no ICG, no ANACS, no anybody else. The ANA has exactly ONE official grading firm, and it's NGC.

Not at all! The ANA and ANACS haven't had anything to do with each other for several decades. The LAST time they had ANYTHING to do with each other is now 30 years in the past.

https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/50000-for-a-1959-d-lincoln-cent-mule
I hope you understand that all three major TPGs refused to authenticate the one single example known. There's not a chance that they would authenticate this one. We're all just trying to help here.

In a sense of the word, yes I am a "judge". I am a certified numismatic exhibit judge for the ANA. U.S. Coins. And if you ever get over grossly overpaying for common proof sets, and build an exhibit for an ANA convention, you may take solace and confidence in the fact that I am not allowed to know whose exhibit is whose. [although many exhibitors have a "style" that often nearly reveals their identity]
 
And no, exhibiting is NOT like a Registry Set. But the two may be merging down the road if today's press release from NGC is what I think it might be.

Because yes, the only way anybody learns about coins is on a discussion board, right? [/rolls eyes] I guess it depends on how much one is disposed to trust the Internet for anything. Me? VERRRRRRY little.

I'm negative because asking the questions you do with the quality of the photos you present is a complete waste of everyone's time, mostly yours. And yes, when I started, I only had one serious collector mentor, because that's how the hobby worked then, individual to individual. I also had about 10 numismatic books before I began to collect generally. And about 40 before I began to collect seriously. That also used to be the way this hobby worked.
 
Today, my numismatic library weighs over a ton. I know, because I am in the process of moving it.

Two possibilities exist:
 
1) The material is very common, or
2) He may be trying to lowball you (rip you off).
 
The more likely is #1, the more evil is #2. Only knowledge can tell the difference.

Just checking: Are we still allowed to say this in this hobby??? Sometimes it seems like toning is getting jammed down my throat, and I don't really care for it. "Eye Appeal"? To whom, exactly? Yecch!

I bought my ultra-high grade non-SMS quarter already NGC slabbed, and I got it for a song because only I, among the other bidders in the room, realized it was a business strike, and not a SMS coin, from the way it was described on the slab label. That's what I love about back-country Pennsylvania coin auctions. Lots of lazy bidders not thinking outside the box. Same with my PCGS MS66FS 1939 Reverse of '38 nickel. I "stole" that one too.

I have to admit that I do not find that toning pleasing at all.

I have to admit that I do not find that toning pleasing at all.

I agree. They need to take it off the software for Details coins. I actually have 2 TopPop coins that are straight graded and they have no others at the same grade - yes, two TopPop NoEqual coins. Think that's impressive??? You shouldn't! They are coins almost no one else would submit for grading. I submitted them for a very specific non-economic reason and they just both happened to come back PF70. The highest previous were PF69. Whose are better? I cannot swear mine are. That's the way grading works sometimes. It doesn't always mean what you'd think it means. [They were U.K. coins and the 3rd party grading fetish has not yet gotten to the insane point it has here. There are probably thousands of P70's out there still raw.]

Just a quick guess off the top of my head - NO errors, none at all.

This also happens to nickels that pass through the human alimentary canal. Ew.

That's a wee bit harsh, IMO. 60 and 61 are now reserved for some truly hogged up coins that still qualify as Mint State. It wasn't that way 25 years ago.

No one can answer the "worth hanging onto" question. Everyone's opinion of where that line lies is different. Is it a "big score"? No.

"Need help photo grading."
 
You, me, and literally every other person on the planet. Grading by photos is a "fool's errand". Pictures aren't good enough. The coin must be seen in the hand and tilted under a standardized light. Ever wonder why the companies don't offer opinions either online and won't offer grades at show? Lack of the right viewing conditions. That said, based on what I can see here, which is not enough, I'd be at maybe MS63, perhaps 64, depending on how bad those obverse dings look under a proper light. It could even go to 62, if they look worse under that light.

People who don't know a lot about coins need to STOP THIS!!! The reality is that Chinese fakes have FLOODED the online market, and numbering them is impossible. There are literally thousands of fakes out there for every real one. Does that make this hobby fun? No it does not. But there is a big coin show opening in Orlando tomorrow, and the prevalence of Chinese fakes will be on EVRYONE'S lips, but not their display cases, because "real" dealers don't touch that junk. Is it "inconvenient", compared to buying online, to buy in person? Yes, it is. Suck it up and do it anyway.
 
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=that+isn't+the+way+this+works&src=IE-SearchBox&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dthat%2bisn't%2bthe%2bway%2bthis%2bworks%26src%3dIE-SearchBox%26FORM%3dIESR4A&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=AFC0D1B7944FFDF7C612AFC0D1B7944FFDF7C612&FORM=WRVORC
 

OP, there is NOTHING here but corrosion. This is a junk coin that is ungradable. Stop doing tabs of acid if you want to look at coins, seriously.