GTG: Poorly Struck 1924-S and 1926-S Buffalo Nickels

I got these in my most recent purchase, which included a 61-coin Buffalo nickel album. My first thought was that these two were VG, but after researching strike quality, I found that both dates are often poorly struck and may actually be a higher grade.

Given the context, what would you grade these two?

Here's the 24-S (there are scratches on the plastic):


and the 26-S:

 

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Both are tougher dates and yes, both are not struck well but these are both worn to a VG-8 grade at best in my opinion.

 

The good thing is, in VG-8 the 24-S bids at $30 and the 26-S at $40, so still makes up for about 1/4 of the entire album's cost. The best coin in the album at the moment is a 1918-D in VF, followed by a 1915-S in F-15.

 

VG on both.

 

Value very good congrats.

 

For now, I'll keep both coins graded VG, as the album is worth a LOT more without either coin having to be bumped up in grade, so hopefully those two will sell.

With an upcoming show Sunday, I'm hoping the album is gonna garner some attention.

 

From the looks of the first photo looks like the collector picked mostly like coins, see if there are any varieties in the rest of the bunch. Key dates are one thing var are another. Just saying there may be more value to the collection.

 

That's some good advice. I'll do that.

 

Yes both dates are tougher dates so I’m sure you did good. It looks to me as if the coins in that folder are all around the same grade, give or take a grade or two.