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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2717030, member: 1765"]Not digging the color, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's problem-free. It looks like it would grade VG, and the surfaces aren't really attractive, even if problem-free. Retail for a legit weak D in VG is about $100. It would make a good Dansco 22 "No D" coin next to a 22-D with a strong mint mark, and if you slabbed it and sold it, that's probably where it would end up.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the <a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinImages.aspx?s=3110" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinImages.aspx?s=3110" rel="nofollow">PCGS Coinfacts images for a 22 Weak D</a>, you will see some that resemble your coin with regard to the weakness of the D. Some, however, are much weaker due to heavy clashing and die wear. I don't know the details of the Lincoln cent market well, but I'd imagine that someone in the market for one would favor the coins with the weakest mint marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess bottom line is that I probably wouldn't send it through unless I were selling it and it went with a larger economy order, and that assumes that the coin is problem-free when examined in hand before submitting. I would put this in my Dansco.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2717030, member: 1765"]Not digging the color, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's problem-free. It looks like it would grade VG, and the surfaces aren't really attractive, even if problem-free. Retail for a legit weak D in VG is about $100. It would make a good Dansco 22 "No D" coin next to a 22-D with a strong mint mark, and if you slabbed it and sold it, that's probably where it would end up. If you look at the [URL='http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinImages.aspx?s=3110']PCGS Coinfacts images for a 22 Weak D[/URL], you will see some that resemble your coin with regard to the weakness of the D. Some, however, are much weaker due to heavy clashing and die wear. I don't know the details of the Lincoln cent market well, but I'd imagine that someone in the market for one would favor the coins with the weakest mint marks. I guess bottom line is that I probably wouldn't send it through unless I were selling it and it went with a larger economy order, and that assumes that the coin is problem-free when examined in hand before submitting. I would put this in my Dansco.[/QUOTE]
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