OK, I have posted these images in the past asking...but I have another question about them. I have been considering sending them to ANACS to be authenticated and get a net grade. I want to be sure that both are in fact authentic 1914-D Lincoln Cents. If so, I want to keep the better example (first) and sell the other. So, would ANACS authenticate these coins and if so...would it be worth sending them. Assuming the second is real, what do you think it would fetch on eBay?
The second will net a PO-1, which would probibly keep the value around 20 bucks, and i think the first will net AG-03. Both look authentic to me.
ANACS is the only company that would grade those. They'll slab anything, assign it a net grade, and note any problems (assuming it's not counterfeit or altered). As I said in another thread, this it what I think all TPGs should do lol... why ANACS is the only company I use, when I use any at all. Look real to me. At least nothing stands out to me that screams fake. Dates and mintmarks don't look altered. You'd also expect people wouldn't bother to fake coins unless they were going to aim for a better condition, but that's not proof in itself (simulating corrosion or damage would actually be more difficulty than faking coins in higher condition, just to pass as less valuable, why would someone bother?) Well let someone chime in about value. eBay's kind of fickle anyway so hard to tell. Rare keys tend to fetch quite a bit, even if a little damaged. Red Book value at G-4 is $190... the first one would probably be that if not for the damage, I'd guess AG-3 net or so. The second one... er FR-2, PO-1 net maybe? Acommonly faked coin might be worth having slabbed even in this low of condition to give anyone you'd potentially sell them to assurances about their authenticity. I guess it depends on what they'd be worth, assuming they were genuine. My usual rule of thumb is I usually won't have anything slabbed that's not worth at least triple the grading fee. The second one that would be very iffy on, you might not make the grading fee back if you sold it. Up to you of course...
Get them slabbed for authentication purposes. Then sell them BOTH. Use that money to help get yourself a nice, problem-free G or VG.
I will blow them up and study them tonight.... A 14-D just a tad nicer ( not damaged, just worn ) sold for $70 and some change yesterday......
Jack, Do you see VDB on the truncation of Lincoln's bust? (That's a sure sign it is an altered 1944-D.) I can't tell from the pics.
On a coin this worn it can be difficult, letters get fatter, dents and dings can look like things they are not......
I don't see it being worth the fees to send either coin in. They both look real and are what they are.
