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MarkFeld

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  1. MarkFeld
    What are the circumstances under which you’re getting a “few free grading opportunities”? Regardless of your answer, I’d submit the ones that you think will benefit the most from grading. Among other considerations, that could be due to value, preservation, potential difference in value between a couple of different grade possibilities and coins that are frequently counterfeited. A great many coins are submitted for grading, which don’t begin to merit the cost.
  2. MarkFeld
    Agreed on all counts. There are a great many small date examples out there, but unless they’re bronze, it doesn’t matter. And while weighing them would be the best way to find out, they appear to be zinc.
  3. MarkFeld
    I don’t know about the silver Eagles, but considering the grading fees for the dollars, you probably could have netted more by selling them without getting them graded. In other words, I don’t think the grading fees will be recouped in the way of added value that would make up for the added cost.
  4. MarkFeld
    The wheat cents are worth about three cents each and the others have no extra value.
  5. MarkFeld
    I wouldn’t be excited unless or until there’s an official grade, which justifies the submission.
  6. MarkFeld
    I’m under the impression that in many cases, turnaround times at PCGS were considerably slower during portions of the past several months. And that they have improved, though I don’t know by how much. I don’t know about NGC, but my guess is that they’ve been less affected by local COVID restrictions, being based in Florida, as opposed to California.
  7. MarkFeld
    Sorry about your 1895-S. If you’d posted images, you likely would have learned that the coin was counterfeit. And while you apparently wish you’d chosen a more costly, faster service, there are a great many coins which don’t merit that and whose owners understandably prefer a less costly, (even though) slower option.
  8. MarkFeld
    Welcome to the forum. if you’re able to post good pictures, there’s a good chance that you can learn whether they’re genuine and if so, whether they’re worth getting graded.
  9. MarkFeld
    I do, too. It looks like a large date to me. https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/518/small-cents/lincoln-memorial-cent/1970-S/small-date-high-7/
  10. MarkFeld
    Yes, as Conder101 indicated, “tooled” as used by the grading companies, means that work was done on the coin after it was struck and outside of the mint. From the NGC website: “TOOLED refers to either the smoothing of a coin's fields to remove scratches, corrosion and other forms of damage or to the restoration of lost details through use of a graver or knife. When a single side of the coin is affected, the terms OBV TOOLED and REV TOOLED are used.”
  11. MarkFeld
    Whatever you’re seeing, it’s almost certainly a post-strike flaw, which doesn’t add any value to the coin.
  12. MarkFeld
    I hesitate to try to value it without seeing it in hand. But a number of (already graded) cleaned or polished AU examples have sold in a range of approximately $150-$200 in the past year. I wouldn’t recommend trying to negotiate. For one reason, why would you want that coin? For another, buyers who win coins in auction and then try to negotiate a lower price are understandably looked upon with suspicion and get a bad reputation.
  13. MarkFeld
    I came to that conclusion because that’s what a coin that has been cleaned or polished looks like. The sheen is unnatural and doesn’t remotely resemble the look of original luster. I realize you don’t know me. I’m a former NGC grader, however. And I wouldn’t have been nearly so outspoken if I’d had any doubts. Don’t let the seller talk you into keeping it or exchanging it for anything else.
  14. MarkFeld
    Even if there were hundreds or thousands of that grade in the NGC census, it wouldn’t matter. The coin is not uncirculated and worse than that, it’s been cleaned or polished. It’s not a “good coin”.
  15. MarkFeld
    Welcome to the forum. The coin has been cleaned or polished and that aside, appears to be AU, not uncirculated. Do not remove it from the holder and if at all possible, return it for a refund. Based on that purchase, it would be wise to stop buying coins until you learn considerably more about grading.
  16. MarkFeld
    It’s not a 1982-D and it’s worth 1 cent.
  17. MarkFeld
    While it might be a high grade example, there’s no way to know if that’s the case, based on those pictures. And the same goes for most pictures of Proof coins. Because far more times than not, the extent of hairlines determines the grade of Proof coins and pictures rarely show that.
  18. MarkFeld
    No.
  19. MarkFeld
    Huge quantities of counterfeits have been available for years. The recent price of silver likely has nothing to do with what you’re seeing.
  20. MarkFeld
    It’s not just a matter of customer satisfaction. Legally, you have a right to a full refund when a counterfeit is involved.
  21. MarkFeld
    The strike on that coin, including on the numeral 8, isn’t out of the ordinary for a type two gold dollar. I wouldn’t be at all concerned about it.
  22. MarkFeld
    To be clear, the above (which has been posted twice) is the only small date example pictured in this thread, thus far.
  23. MarkFeld
    True, but when someone’s asking if they have a small date 1982-D copper example, even without pictures, you can answer “no” and have nearly a 100% chance of being correct.
  24. MarkFeld
    What supposed 1944 proof are you talking about?
  25. MarkFeld
    While some newer collectors might ask for that reason, my feeling is that far more ask merely because a Proof is worth considerably more money. Likewise, countless owners of common, damaged coins prefer to believe that they have rare, valuable errors. And owners of normal examples imagine that they’re seeing valuable doubted dies.