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Message:: [QUOTE="illini420, post: 643907, member: 19423"]Looks like it might be a minor double die, but it isn't the major doubled die for the year.  You'd need to check with a Lincoln expert to see if the variety is one of the more rare ones or more common though.  Unless it's an ultra rare variety, I don't think it's worth slabbing.   Here's how I look at it... let's say the coin is a semi-decent variety and in this grade it's worth $125.  If that's the case, I'd try selling it raw as-is to a local dealer who knows the variety for maybe $100 or so (leaving them room for profit) or sell on eBay (leaving you $100 after fees/shipping). That way, your profit is $99.99 or an approximate 100,000% return on your money. If you go the slabbing route it'll cost you shipping both ways plus the grading fee plus the variety attribution fee, probably be $50 minimum depending on the grading service you choose.  Then, assuming it grades and you want to sell for the full value of $125 or so, you'd only be profiting around $75 or an approximate 150% return on your money.  Again, not sure what the real value potential on this coin is, but in the condition it's in I doubt it's worth enough to justify slabbing. That said, it's a cool looking coin and a nice find for $0.01!!!!!   Well done!!!!  :thumb:[/QUOTE]