This is another coin out of the collection that was with what I bought today. I never ventured into 3 cent nickels but I'm thinking VF grade what do you all think?
Hey Eric! I'm at VF20 at best which makes it between $15-$20. What did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking? Nice decent coin overall.
It was part of a lot I bought. Paid 260 for the lot. Probably over paid a little but it's ok, maybe a push. I will post a few other coins that was in there like a 1854 with arrows seated liberty quarter probably ef condition. I will post at another time, pretty worn out from the day and it's bed time.
Striking problem. Yep, that was a BIG issue with the early nickel coins. Nickel 3-cents and nickel 5-cents. Took so much pressure to bring up a fully struck coin that the dies were cracking quite often. For the nickel 3-cent coins I try to get fully struck Roman numeral 3's.
I am thinking it is also mostly strike. Could be as high as a 50. But net graded for the heavy marks above liberty obv.
yeah the mark above liberty hurt it, I never really dabbled in 3 cent nickels and wasn't aware of striking issues but I'm reading more into it. When I had it in hand at first without a loop I said oh wow that's gonna be a higher grade then I looked at it under a loop and seen the hit and said awe darn lol. Still a nice looking coin though.
I'll add a bit more of my opinion. The images are great but I can't really tell much about the luster the coin may have. I don't know if the hits on the obverse are enough to detail the coin at one of the grading services but I would put it in my collection just as it is. It needs a fair amount of luster to get to AU. I'll call it 45 or 50. Just my opinion. These and 3 cent silvers are known for strike issues and grading gets interesting.
it has more of a dull luster I don't see any cartwheel but more of a flat color. I don't think it has been cleaned, well maybe old cleaning but I don't know how to distinguish old cleaning.
The hit has no bearing on the technical grade, as it isn't wear. These are difficult to grade because they're struck different, that's true. I like the clear LIBERTY on this one, and will give up some curls for it. Depends largely on what one likes to see in these coming across.
If the piece as some mint luster left, the technical grade would be in the AU area. There are a couple of marks above the head which would have get a net grade in the EF territory. Here's one that is in an MS-64 holder. It's not the greatest MS-64, but as you can see, strike is an issue with these coins.
