What would YOU grade this 1964 Lincoln cent?

braddick · February 11, 2021 7:14AM

MFeld · February 11, 2021 7:44AM

AU Details, Obverse With One Noticeably Misplaced Ear Bud

Smudge · February 11, 2021 7:45AM

Strange.

291fifth · February 11, 2021 7:51AM

Someone actually sent that in for grading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

braddick · February 11, 2021 7:52AM

@291fifth said:
Someone actually sent that in for grading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And paid for a TrueView!

Tom147 · February 11, 2021 7:54AM

No words.

braddick · February 11, 2021 7:54AM

I find it odd that PCGS did grade it (net, obviously) even though it cannot be determined if it is a P or D minted coin.
Usually, PCGS needs a date and/or mint (if available).

Link to the auction:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PCGS-Genuine-Damage-XF-Detail-1964-Lincoln-penny/164698007262?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=f34d03bb70384a61807876dd08249079&pid=100675&rk=5&rkt=15&mehot=none&sd=254862289465&itm=164698007262&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:19e877b2-6c79-11eb-bb7e-eed475ad0bc6|parentrq:91967c831770ad4ea1be8b83ffe39960|iid:1

privatecoin · February 11, 2021 7:57AM

I would grade it as suffering from small pox with XF details.

Coinscratch · February 11, 2021 7:57AM

Buckshot 98

cmerlo1 · February 11, 2021 8:05AM

Probably the result of what happens at my table at a lot of the shows I set up at:

Customer: "This coin looks unusual- it has to be an error. Should I submit it?"

Me: "No, it's been run over by cars in a parking lot. It isn't worth grading since it's damage and not an error."

Customer: "Are you sure it isn't an error?"

Me: "No, that's definitely damage. There's no part of the manufacturing process at the mint that could cause that."

Customer: "How much if I wanted to submit it anyway?"

Me: "Minimum $48 for economy grading, mint error verification, and return shipping. More if you want it back faster."

Customer: "Hmmmm. I think I'll go ahead and submit it anyway. I want to be sure."

airplanenut · February 11, 2021 8:20AM

AU50JWB

ricko · February 11, 2021 8:38AM

Wow... Hard to believe, submitted, TruView... Just amazing. Cheers, RickO

Klif50 · February 11, 2021 8:44AM

Suppose the coin was in your brothers pocket and he was shot and killed by a shotgun during a robbery of the liquor store where he was working. The rest of the change in his pocket was unmarked but you picked this coin out as a remembrance and sent it in to PCGS for encapsulation to put away in your mementos. Once in the plastic it is unlikely to get misplaced.

My Great Grandfather and 5 cents in his pocket when he died. Those 5 cents came down to me in a ring box. I sent them in to PCGS and had them graded and entombed and then put them away with a note of what they were and why they were special. It's unlikely, even if the 5 cent coins get separated that they will ever be spent or maybe put into a Whitman penny album to be forgotten.

So, that is why I could see sending that coin in.