Hone your grading skills -- shield nickel

Here's the newest addition to my Dansco 7070 type set. Please guess the grade that the new ANACS assigned it.






Have fun...Mike

 

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Nice coin, I'm going to go with MS-63, but weak strike reverse. On another note How do you get your pictures so clear and sharp, I just can't get mine to look that good.

 

Nice coin Mike
From the smaller photos the coin looks great but on the larger ones I see what looks to be hairlines and some dirt around the stars.......that IMHO has been cleaned.
And around MERIC looks to be a Lamination---that also downs the grade IMHO
The die Cracks look really cool and I like them....

My grade is MS Detail NET AU50----
but I say ANACS just gave it a AU55

Speedy

 

I don't think it's been cleaned so I'll say ANACS AU-55.

 

I was going to also say AU-50/AU-53.

Thats a really nice coin.

 

AU-50 details, cleaned.

Charlie

 

Wait a sec...

 

I don't know---I think I graded it what ANACS would have but after GDJMSP said that it showed some signs of circulation I went back and looked and see that the stars show some wear---I know that Nickel is harder and sometimes doesn't get the strong strike that other coins do but I can see what would be called wear.

Speedy

 

I'll go with AU53/55 details and cleaned, but I could see ANACS giving it AU58 details.

 

A little hint, ANACS did not net grade the coin. It was holdered in their new slab....Mike

 

Mike, so you're cracking out coins to put in the album? I have the same album but haven't cracked out anything for it... yet. Most of what goes in there are less than perfect examples (some with holes/plugs even).

 

Im gonna say XF45-
It's looks like it has been circulated to me-

Nice Sheild Nickel !!:thumb:

 

Same here, only my set is all holed. It is rather an intersting set, even if the value is just a fraction of the same set consisting of damaged coins. It has been a ton of fun to put together! And it has gotten me familiar with the different types that I am pursueing for my "good" type set.

 

Yes, I'm cracking out coins to be put in a Dansco 7070. I'll share some more info in my collecting methods when I reveal the grade...Mike

 

The coin looks too scuffed up grade a mid or high AU , still very nice , I'll say XF45 maybe AU50.

 

I think that coin was graded an AU-58

 

What was it graded? - AU 58.

What is its grade? - AU50.

 

I agree - plus the center of the some of the stars are worn and not well defined.