Graded 1995 penny

Looks like it was graded a D minus. What is the little mark under G of God

 

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Pictures???

 

I’ll comment as soon as you attach a photo of the coin you’re asking about.

 

I'll wait. I'll be making coins.....

 

Question; why would anyone grade a 1995 cent?

 

Sometimes ya just gotta suck it up and pay for grading

 

I have no idea but they do. That’s how I’ve managed to buy some in MS65 MS-66 and even one MS-67 for under $5.00.

 

Sorry

 

Maybe common "Plating Blister". No added value.

 

I’ll hazard it’s a linear plating blister
After all it’s a zincoln

 

Someone thought they had a DDO, perhaps.

 

Thanks for posting your pics. Zincolns have a knack to have these plating blisters, it’s just a nature of the beast for the contractors that produced them, being poor quality control. Having seen blisters on every copper plated zinc year since early summer 1982, one gets used to their prevalence.

Now that business strike cents won’t be struck anymore maybe the CPZ contractors will disappear too.

 

Nobody graded it, it gave itself a D-

 

plating blisters ... D- to G- grading.

 

Thanks for the replies but still don't understand why anyone would grade a 1995 cent (even if it was an Omega). I guess I will stick to my ungraded ancients.

 

Maybe for registry purposes? Other than, I can't think of any reasons.

 

It would have to be a very high grade for registry purposes, but some people, even non-collectors, elect to grade/slab coins for a variety of reasons.

Some coins belonged to loved ones who passed, or it has a variety (RPM or doubled die) that they want to preserve and hang the cost.

 

I think that some folks who go onto coin sites feel OBLIGATED to submit it to a TPG for it to even be accepted into collection. And others have it in their head that they've found a treasure, based upon social networking crappola get-rich-quick stories. There are lots of people out there that have $50-$60 dollar holes in their pockets.