What would make a penny worth getting graded?

OK, that one is actually not too bad, but, you don't have any of those coins. Some of those are extremely rare errors and varieties. Others are very high grade, not circulated coins. Your coins are just normal circulated Lincoln cents.

 

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On the subject, I have a tube of 1922 (D) cents, some are definitely "D", some are weak, and a few could be sold on ebay as "Real 1922 No D cent" if the buyer was unfamiliar with the die markers and the different characteristics of the reverses, as well as what mintmark removals might look like. But I am too old to have that on my conscience so most are in the tube ( Un-slabbed and stable). many old timers do have little treasures like this. Desireable, but not as much as the big name doubled dies or errors, so I may eventually send the better off for grading during a special, and sell the rest as for what they are.

 

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It seemed like the kid in the video, at least did his research when attributing them, everything seemed correct. the problem is that the coins he spoke about were conditional rarities, Top pop coins. These are not coins that a newbie coin roll hunter is gonna find. The coins posted are usually found and graded by seasoned numismatists.
Do yourself a favor, before ever getting a coin graded. Buy some books on Grading coins, do your homework and figure out why the coins you posted are circulated, and will never be sold for the price in that video. Even better yet, figure out why those top pop coins sold for what they did. You would be a lot closer to actually needing to have a coin graded. Good luck and happy hunting.

 

None of the coins you posted are rare dates or worth getting graded.

 

I was talking about in the video. I know mine ain't rare dates. I was going by the condition. They seem really nice compared to other ones.

 

They do seem nice compared to other common circulated coins, but to be worth any premium they'd have to be really nice compared to all other coins of those dates, including the the ones you've posted. It's only the fact that they are so extremely uncommon that might motivate a collector to pay a bit more for one.