OK. Last question. How many scratches are too many?

mgoodm3

For instance, this nicely worn 1914D cent. There is a small scratch on the face (vertical), kinda hard to see in real life. there are a couple of very fine lines in the same area at different angles that I can only see with a loupe and strong light (they are just on the surface). Will this BB? the gunk on his coat isn't on the coin. the rev looks good.

Wondo

Looks like it will vg - how are the stalks?

mgoodm3

Stalks are almost complete. I think it will go VG technically, I just got to looking closely at all the coins I was going to submit. Dang, it's kinda embarassing how many of the coins I bought raw are cleaned or scratched in some way. I am paring down my submission to 7 or 8 coins, that I think will grade.

Trooper

Mg
Just buff out those scratches.

Actually, i think the coin is in good shape and would not be BB'd.

I'm sure some others will chime in with thier expeirences.

tom