1902 liberty nickel

Hi. This is the highest grade WC liberty nickel I own. What would it grade?
thanks.

 

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Perfect assuming it is authentic...and I'm not in any way suggesting or qualified to make that determination. It is just so perfect.

Ruben

 

Perfect? As in MS-70? Do you work for SGS??
btw. I'm totally kidding.

Thanks for the complement.

 

I work for CVS sometimes...

 

This coin has seen a fair amount of circulation. Almost all of the luster is gone and the coin clearly has wear. I would grade it EF-40. The black spots (7 or 8 on the obverse and 3 on the reverse) may drop the grade into the VF range.

 

aww man hobo. You ruined my "MS 70" fantasy.Well, it was fun while it lasted.:mouth::mouth:

Even with the wear though, it might make a 70 with SGS if they take a brillo pad to it and remove the spots!

sorry, its past my bedtime...lol.

 

I don't think SGS would grade your could MS-70 but it is a solid SGS MS-69.

 

looks a little better than XF-40 to me.

 

What will the CAC say about this?

 

sounds like a business plan. We need investors now.

Ruben

 

Nice coin. I think it's an XF/AU. I don't see a ton of wear. JMO....................John

 

Probably because of the date it would market grade at a VF35, I would say looking at it that it should reach XF without a problem.

 

I would say XF from the pictures. I like it.

 

Little wear in the hair next to the 'Liberty' and on the back 'bun' part...

She is lovely though and I certianly wouldn't mind that piece being in the collection :kewl:

 

I'd agree with XF, it's a very nice coin. Much better than any Liberty Head in my collection.

 

AU, spotted, possible light reverse oxidation.

If you were going to market grade it; maybe VF-20/30.

 

I don't understand this statement. What is wrong with the date?

 

haha, same here.

The best one I have is probably low VF.

 

rld14: you should be my advertising agent!! We'll make millions together.:hail:

 

Xf 40.

The few spots, bland toning, and lack of device-hidden luster keep it from XF 45. It doesn't have enough wear to drop it to VF. In my opinion it is a solid XF40.

Very best regards,
collect89

P.S. The first photo looked a little dark like the coin was on a brown paper bag. Does this photo look more like the coin?