Wow +, ★ and Cameo

1903 Shield Nickel NGC PF67+★ Cameo

 

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Along with the huge scratch down her cheek???

Admittedly, I know nothing about grading this series.

 

I've seen better looking cameos without the +*; and without the scratch.

 

And it even has a green bean!

Is this an April Fool's day joke?

 

CAC too. Any chance scratch is on slab, not coin?

Cal

 

Surely the scratch is on the slab.

 

Finally, some folks who say J.A. doesn't know all.

 

It’s in the NGC cert photo as well. Have to think it was as-struck, still detracts from the eye appeal.

 

That's not a shield nickel though... It's a liberty head nickel... Am I missing something? Cause that's what it shows.

 

No, you're not missing anything. The rest of us all missed that the OP called it a shield not a liberty nickel, though.

 

to bad they couldn't use an exclamation mark PF67 !!!!!

 

I agree, it looks like the shadow cast from a slab scratch.

 

I have been one of those folks for a while and have taken lots of heat for it. Another aspect of the “CAC perfection syndrome” is the claim that CAC has reviewed EVERY COIN beyond a certain value, like $2,500. Therefore any coin on that level or above that does not have a sticker is over graded or has a problem.

All of this has prompted me to raise the white flag. I don’t buy U.S. coins any more, despite the fact that there are some collecting projects that interest me. When you have to have ONE MAN determine which coins are good and therefore should get into your collection, that is not a healthy market.

Here is Liberty Nickel With Cents that is my collection. NGC graded it PR-66, CAM, no star, no CAC. I like it better than the 1903 that appears at the beginning of this string, but what do I know?

 

Beautiful coin. Thanks for sharing it. Well worth PR-66

 

The 1909 Proof Liberty Nickel is the most common Proof in the Liberty Nickel series. Why? The reason is that the Lincoln Cent was introduced that year. The minor Proof coins were usually issued as sets. Therefore to get the cents, you had to buy a nickel at the same time. Therefore if you wanted all three of the cents that year, Indian, Lincoln VDB and Lincoln Plain, you had to buy another nickel.

The Proof mintages are interesting:

1909 Indian 2,175
1909 Plain 2,618

Total 4,793

1909 Proof Nickel 4,763

According to the newer Red Books, the Proof mintage for the 1909 VDB was 1,194. Looking back at the old Red Books (I pulled a 1965 at random) it was 420. Confused? So am I. Maybe someone can explain the new numbers.

 

I can't get past the scratch on the cheek, either. This must otherwise be absolutely stunning in hand, otherwise, I'd call it more of a PR65@#! CAM.

 

Grading high MS coins from pictures is a fools errand.

 

If it is on the coin from the photos it looks like it is raised and not dug into the coin. Could it be a crack or die scratch/gouge? Or is it a shadow from the slab?

 

Even if the scratch is on the slab, which it must be (What legitimate grader would give a coin with a scratch like the 67 grade?) the white toning on the piece would be enough to remove it from my consideration at that grade level.