If I'm not mistaken, Special Mint Sets were '65 '66 and '67.
Both look to me like they were struck with worn dies.
If you are looking at the NGC census, no coin will be listed with the XX/XX designation. Just look at the higher grade pops and do the math. The...
10 with none higher would be designated as 10/0. Unless the coin grades 70.
Studies show that studies will always reflect the needs and desires of those paying for the studies.
So that we don't suffer whiplash trying to look at your coins, please rotate your photos by 90 degrees and re-post them so they look like this....
How many times are you going to post those?
It's a US 'war' nickel from the Philadelphia mint. The '4' in the date, as well as the rest of the coin, is damaged.
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That something on the mint mark is plate shift doubling. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
I flipped your photos to show the label at the top of both of them. I see no signs of rotation. By your flipping your slabs top to bottom, you...
That's a good one. You probably won't be able to retire on it, but it's pretty special.
Let us see both sides of the entire slab. Without those pics, you'll get no definitive answer.
It's machine doubling with a smattering of deteriorated dies.
Yeah, right.
The only double D separated I've ever seen was made by Playtex.
#2 is great only if you have rear wheel drive. Not good for FWD or AWD. A bag of sand in the trunk would be a whole lot less expensive, too.
Please post a picture of the edge of that nickel.
Yup, a genuine clipped planchet. Notice the Blakesly effect directly opposite the clip.
The ear is MD. The rest is circulation damage.
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