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Curious about this coin.

I know this is going to be a weird question but ill ask it anyway. Two years ago I found this wheat penny at a camp site. Lets say I was gonna get it graded would it come back ms-60+ black instead of red or red-brown. I believe its near perfect it was dropped within three years the town was used you can tell by the date. The coin was found on the surface with my eyeballs. It has a little ghost town dirt in some spots but I don't clean coins, also would it grade environmental damage? Thanks in advance 

6 years ago

I think this coin might be slabbed genuine, code 97, environmental damage.  It is hard to tell without examination in hand, under a loupe.  From the photo, this coin looks like many similar copper coins that have been tossed into the campfire.

6 years ago

I would agree on the genuine, but it would either come back body-bagged, brown, or environmental damage

6 years ago

Don't have it certified

6 years ago

Yep, follow the advice given by others already here - it has environmental damage and therefore, is not worth grading. It does have plenty of remaining details, but the corrosion would simply disqualify it from receiving a problem-free grade. 

6 years ago

Save yourself some money and don't  send it away. The graders don't  care about the stories like we do they just care about the coin. Between the cost of the grade shipping and handling you might spend fifty dollars to find out what the others have told you. I know it's an important coin to you put it in a flip so you can look at it and remember the story as you get older. That's the fun in the hobby. Mike

6 years ago
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