I personally don't think it is. I've been going thru my coins looking for candidates to send in for grading. I have a complete set of raw LWC's and I hadn't looked at this 14 D very closely in the past. There are lots of carbon spots but worst of all there are some holes in the coin. I inherited this LW set so I have no money into this coin but it is part of a complete set. Would a details or environmental damage determination on the slab still be better then keeping it raw? I welcome any and all opinions.
I would get it graded to make sure it is genuine. It will make it much easier to sell when the time comes.
Looks legit (has the small D). Wouldn't be surprised if they started faking that too but how many people think to look at that?
No, it isn't worth it. Your coin is a VG or F, and it has problems. It looks legit, and anyone interested in buying it would check the diagnostics. I don't see anything wrong with it. The coin, in that grade, just isn't worth submitting.
I guess submitting it doesn't make financial sense as the minimum NGC economy fee is $22 plus shipping. A clean G04 1914 D on grey sheet is $105 so the only reason to submit it would be to verify that it's an original coin. I could piggy back it with other coins I'm submitting and save the shipping. I'll have to think about it. Thanks for all of your input. It's a shame that a key coin is in such poor condition.
The only reason to slab that is as mentioned for authentication to make it easier to sell. As such I would wait and send it to ANACS when they are running one of their specials. It would be much cheaper and would give you the authentication that you need.
