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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 8203096, member: 93888&quot;]I think the question of grading needs to be more specific.&nbsp; I&#039;ve wondered this myself as I&#039;ve never sent in coin in to a TPG.&nbsp; So assuming that&#039;s what we&#039;re talking about when we&#039;re talking about grading I think the next question is, what do you hope to gain by having it graded?&nbsp; If you&#039;re hoping to increase the value of the coin, then in this case, it does not make financial sense to have it graded.&nbsp; You&#039;d never be able to sell the coin to recoup the costs of the grading fees/shipping.&nbsp; It&#039;s a common, low value coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m not seeing any errors or varieties, I&#039;m not a big fan of the Shield cent though so my knowledge is almost zilch on those.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I know for myself, I have a couple of coins that I like and have had for quite some time, and I&#039;ve kicked around the idea of sending them in for grading.&nbsp; I know damn well they aren&#039;t worth the cost of grading, or at least would barely break even.&nbsp; But my intent with those coins (if I do in fact ever send them in) would simply to learn, and see what they grade at, and get them slabbed which is a nice way to have them displayed and/or stored.</p><p><br /></p><p>So - in my opinion, before one can answer whether or not you should have something graded, they need to know what your intent is or what you hope to have for an outcome.&nbsp; Perhaps it&#039;s worth the cost for you to know what the professional grade is, and the value of the coin does not matter.&nbsp; People pay for services all the time that don&#039;t have a good ROI, so who&#039;s to say if you should or shouldn&#039;t without knowing your intended outcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I&#039;ve never bothered to learn what those spots were, so thanks for asking for verification on the gas bubbles, now I know too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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