GTG 1962-D Jefferson Nickel

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What do you think its grade is?

  1. UNC Details

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%
  2. AU58

    8 vote(s)
    36.4%
  3. MS61

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%
  4. MS62

    2 vote(s)
    9.1%
  5. MS63

    3 vote(s)
    13.6%
  6. MS64

    3 vote(s)
    13.6%
  7. MS65

    3 vote(s)
    13.6%
  8. MS66

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%
  9. MS67

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Sunflower_Coins

    Sunflower_Coins Importer and Exporter

    Just got back from NGC:



    1962-D_5C_Obv.jpg 1962-D_5C_Rev.jpg
     
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  3. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    MS 65 ....some hits/scattered marks but looks clean overall...has a PL appearance too so I wouldn't be surprised with a star or even PL designation
     
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  4. ddoomm1

    ddoomm1 keep on running

    MS-65
     
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  5. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

  6. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    AU-58
     
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  7. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Bag marks on obverse, faded Monticello on reverse. good eye appeal, UNC in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.
     
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  8. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    60 here
     
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  9. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    63 or 64 :angelic:
     
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  10. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    A 65, but why?
     
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  11. Maxfli

    Maxfli Well-Known Member

    I'd give it 62, but I wouldn't be surprised if NGC said 63.
     
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  12. Morgandude11

    Morgandude11 As long as it's Silver, I'm listening

  13. Scott J

    Scott J Well-Known Member

    62 for the '62
     
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  14. Mac McDonald

    Mac McDonald Well-Known Member

  15. Razz

    Razz Critical Thinker

    MS 63
     
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  16. Anthony Mazza

    Anthony Mazza Well-Known Member

  17. Steve Shupe

    Steve Shupe Active Member

    A bit hard to tell, but there is some of what appears to be rub above the ear in the hair on the obverse and on the left side of Monticello on the reverse, so I graded it AU58. There are minimal ticks on the coin and reasonable luster to have the coin be a MS64 if it wasn't for the rub.
     
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  18. Sunflower_Coins

    Sunflower_Coins Importer and Exporter

    Will post results tonight
     
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  19. Sunflower_Coins

    Sunflower_Coins Importer and Exporter

    A very interesting GTG for sure. :smug:


    As of this writing, 38% of the vote was AU58. Fascinating, considering I cut this out of the original cellophane from a 1962 Mint Set. It's never seen circulation.


    I've had a growing fascination with high-grade US coins from the 1950s through to the end of the 60s. It appears that quality control from the branch mints was very poor from that time, and many circulation-strike coins suffer from trashed dies. Certain examples can be very expensive in gem condition. The 1962-D Nickel was no exception.

    My photography skills are still somewhat lacking-80-90% of the chatter on this coin can't be seen with the naked eye. The fields are very lustrous and clean, and the overall color is a light blue/purplish. Very pleasant to look at. I feel like my lighting setup did a real disservice to it, and the polling reflects that.



    1962-D_5C_OBVF.jpg


    @ddddd nailed it. It doesn't have a PL designation and doesn't deserve one IMO, but the luster flows a little different on the devices than it does in the fields. (I wonder if some people are mistaking it for wear) I think it's more due to die erosion than strike, but the coin is fairly well struck.

    I'm not going to lie, I thought the coin was nicer than a run-of-the-mill 65. I'd looked at a bunch of 62-Ds before sending this one in, and a lot are pretty rough. But that little chatter, if only seen with magnification, was probably too much to hold a 66, so here it sits. Not an expensive coin by any means, but a nice coin with good eye appeal. Glad to add it to my collection.
     
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  20. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    It's really a tough date in Gem cond.
     
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