Is this a large date ? If you were kind enough to grade it for me, what would you give it ? I would guess it to be worth about 25 cents tops but my post is not about value here. I need to learn so much more about grading and varieties ( THAT should be obvious ), . ect.. I feel I'm still on that bottom step of the cellar of ignorance I'm trying to climb out of. Thank you ....martha
Yes to large date. As to learning to grade... @Martha Lynn A Yeoman Red book has basic grading at the beginning of each denomination (more or less), but to get you off that “first step”...it helps to have a known grade example to compare to while you are learning and you can find that at PCGS Photograde online/free. I, and many others, use it frequently. I learned first to distinguish if wear was present on the coin. That dividing guideline takes you to the lower Sheldon scale (0-AU58+) if wear is anywhere on the coin or, conversely, if no wear is determined, to the upper scale region (MS60-70). Both regions have their own terminology to get used to, I think the lower scale is easier to learn. The upper region gets into luster, strike, eye appeal and so forth and grading becomes more subjective. The luster you see can be seen differently by others, thereby injecting the “art” element of grading into the equation. It takes a while to gain the experience to grade, the more you do it the more you learn and the better you get at it. IMO. Hope this is helpful to you, and anyone else...Spark
Many rolls of 1960s Lincoln Cents were set aside. The early 1960s were a period of considerable coin roll price speculation. I used to see them offered at face value at a local club when I lived up north. Many of these coins have been released into circulation.
Yes. Indeed it does and I thank you. That motivates me to go back to those basic grading sections introduced with each coin denomination and years minted. That is the info I took for granted first time thru it. I need to go back and work thru that process I side stepped.
