I am studying my ANACS Grading Standards book and trying to grade my coins. I just started here at Coin Talk and in coin collecting also. I think this coin is F-12. If you could, those with more skill and experience than I, tell me if I am close or if not, why. Also, is that normal wear where bottom half of TRUST is missing? BTW, that white speck is lint not anything on the coin. Thanks.
I would grade it G06, using the PCGS grading. I think its normal I have at least 5 with that kind of wear.
Grease all over that die. It's certainly far better than a G06, probably more like a F15-VF20 or so, can't really tell without the reverse.
Sorry about the reverse. I was in a hurry to get this up on the forum. I revised the original post so both obverse and reverse are on.
Tell me about this book. What is the full title, the author, and what is the publishing date ? As for the coin, I would call it a 12 because of the rims being worn almost flat in places. Otherwise I would go with 15.
It is "The Official American Numistatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins 6th Edition 2005" It was the latest version I could find of the book.
Ahhhhh - thank you. But for future reference, ANACS has nothing to do with the ANA and has not for many years. I asked the question because I am not aware of any book of grading standards for ANACS and I thought maybe you knew about something that I was unaware of.
You can collect some graded NGC or PCGS coins in a variety of slabs pretty cheaply. For whatever reason people slab common coins not worth the cost of the plastic. Recently, I picked up six Buff Nickels in G6, VG8, VG10, VF20, and even a few body bagged coins tagged VG Details "Harshly cleaned", VF Details "OBV Improperly cleaned"... all for about $15 each. I plan to keep buying a couple each month in additiopn to a variety of MS grades. I just was looking at a few later Wheat Lincolns in MS64 and 65 packaged in one fleabay auction for less than $50... but decided to keep my focus on Buffs With careful shopping and care for strike quality, many common mint state coins can be had for not much more. If knowledge is what you are seeking, then it helps to have professionally graded coins in hand when reading the books. Spending your first few hundred bucks on a wide variety of grades, with focus on quality of strike, makes more sense than a single coin graded MS 65 in the long term. Literally each time I pick up a Buff Nickel, I see something new.
