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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3913327, member: 77814&quot;]Condition is everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s like going to a car show.&nbsp; How easy is it to find a car in &quot;mint&quot; condition from the factory with 0 miles on it that are 60 to 100 years old ?</p><p><br /></p><p>a scratch on a car&#039;s paint (dents, etc) will reduce it&#039;s value in the collector/ showcar market ... if you pay attention to fine details on a coin you can normally see scratches all over the place on a circulated coin.&nbsp; If you just gloss over it then all &quot;looks good&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus the need for pictures.&nbsp; You are relieing upon your own knowledge to make a determination of which you don&#039;t have the experience to do that.&nbsp; Thus the reason for pictures then the knowledgeable folk can have input.</p><p><br /></p><p>but if you go here you can start to understand the various &quot;visual&quot; grading of cents</p><p>==&gt; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Lincoln/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Lincoln/Grades" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Lincoln/Grades</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Red book mentioned above helps in understanding the various grades, and valuations, etc on coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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