I have several rolls of these 1974 D. 15 rolls. I have opened several. Almost all coins look like this! Some with very little marks or hits on them. Are these worth more than A cent?
The color of the coin is on target. I just have bad lighting at the moment. They look Identical in color for A Red Cent.
I say up to a dollar depending on what someone wants to pay. I would personally just hang on to a few rolls for safe keeping.
Looks like a gem or better. If the luster is all there possibly a 66/67. Can't tell from the photos. Really not worth sending unless you think it is a 67 or better. Nice looking Lincoln Larry.
Yes. Look up what MS65 and up are fetching on eBay and look at the known slabbed populations for each grade. As noted, values tend to jump at MS67 but can vary a grade or two depending on established populations.
It is very hard to get a 67 or higher. The OP coin is probably in the 65-66 range. Try this for your strict personal grading. No coins in the rolls will be 70. If you can see one tiny mark it will be a 69. Add two or three more tiny marks and you'll be down to 68. The marks can be anywhere. Most modern red cents right out of a roll will not even be 66 yet when you look at them they are blazing, perfect coins. Put a 7X glass on it (I'm looking at one now) and I see 11 tiny ticks. I would not buy that coin but I'd be happy to sell it as a 66 Red. Unfortunately, when a CRH finds one of these, they think they have an MS-68!
So what is your stance on weakness of strike/ say shoulder area, where even the top pops show what looks like a rough surface? So how do you grade the planchet roughness in combination with a weak strike? Those areas aren't necessarily baggy but disrupt the luster and look like contact to someone learning how to grade.
