A question about mint state

The miscellaneous spots will have more of a deleterious impact on the grade than the rim toning will.

 

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Your entire post is ambiguous if not ridiculous...of course it will affect the coin's value...NOT THIS coin's value, but if you are talking about a 1955 DDO cent (by the way, it's a cent, not a penny {see picture of Penny below}) pictures would be needed.

 

Oy vey! My heart!

Okay, so I have a "Kaley Cuoco" problem. What red-blooded male doesn't?

 

Aphantasia is the complete inability to 'picture something in the mind's eye'--and I suspect people can be on a spectrum of this, so yes, for SOME people a photo is needed.

So, if someone says 'I need a photo', it is highly dismissive and presumptuous to tell someone they don't. It doesn't mean they have a knowledge deficit (compared to someone else), it may just mean their brain is wired differently.

(edited to add: a somewhat delayed response to a comment several posts above...nothing to do with Penny).

 

BTW, that's an (edit) 1985 SS Penny pictured.

 

DITTO...Oy vey! Toning looks market acceptable.

 

Listening to a baseball game on radio must be a drag for those people, huh? Or reading a long novel.

 

Haha you had half the store lookin at me laughing at this lol. Good one.

 

Exactly. Next time I'll give a better description. "Please only answer if don't need pictures to answer the question" it's okay thought we all survived still kind of wondering what the answer is. It seems that this questions answer varies

 

Apples and Oranges

I love long novels... But I have the need to see a picture when dealing with numismatics

 

Some things, yeah, I agree. But it's become a "fetish" on CT, and I want to "push back" against that a little. Doing pictures is just a complete pain in the backside!

 

@Tyler Graton

You have just been introduced into the wide, wide, world of numismatic subjectivity. There are few things that are black and white with regard to grading. That's because there are too many variables. Things like the experience of the grader, their knowledge of the subject, their eyesight, the magnification used, their artistic tastes, the age and type of coin, the lighting, etc.

What this boils down to turns out to be very simple. A collector should seek to be informed enough to develop their own personal grading standards yet understand the prevailing standards used by the top graders in the industry. This is not an impossible task. There are mentors to be found plus classes through the mail or in person. Coin forums are a good start but looking at graded coins in slabs at shows is a quicker path.

Take your coin. Some don't mind the edge discoloration and others hate it. Who's right? There is no incorrect answer. One time that coin will get a straight grade and another time it may not. I don't mind the edge color yet I would not buy it.

Have fun and keep learning.

 

Anyone ever read a novel at a baseball game?

 

Sadly, yes. I was bored to tears so pulled out my Kindle and read away.

 

I'm thinking the Phillies v. Rockies game I have tix for on August 5 may qualify. (

 

You about nailed exactly how I was thinking to take the answer to my question. That's how I gathered the answer. Some it matters some it doesn't matter. But I love the way you worded this. Couldn't have explained this any better then you did. Thank you for the input

 

I personally really, really like that coin. Roll edge toning that has crept onto the surfaces at the edges is really attractive IMO.

 

Want to trade? Lol

 

Extreme goodness au 99