1953-S This example has a lot of luster, but I imagine that is due to worn dies that gave the fields a satiny appearance. The animation shows off...
I’ll take a better picture but this can intrigue us for now. This is a 100% crop of the original, where the coin fills the frame. I can get closer...
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1953 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And even though the Dansco has no place to put it, here's this year's proof. 1953 Proof [ATTACH]
But the story ended poorly for the flipper who bought high and sold $1000 lower!
MS66 RB And WOW
1952-S [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Dansco album that holds these nickels is titled "Jefferson Nickels including proof-only issues". This means they...
1952-D There may be a couple of small dings on the obverse, but the face, hair, and Monticello are remarkably well detailed. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
If you look real closely at the 1987, there are steps but they are weak and indistinct. The steps come back in 1988. It’s as though the mint...
There's one in post #140! 1952 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And here's why I don't know how to grade. This looks absolutely perfect except a typically weak O on the reverse. If it had been MS65, MS66, or...
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The black background you have in this display is good for emphasizing the golden coloring. I have no idea if the insert is chemically inert. If it...
The features have become very soft and rounded on this strike, particularly when compared to the proof in post #140. The shoulder is particularly...
Yesterday I received a 2009-D to fill in the last empty slot in the Dansco. While putting it away, I saw for the first time a nickel jammed...
I asked that back in August but still remain ignorant. Although I did some calculations and eliminated quantum tunneling! But really, why is it...
1988-S proof [ATTACH]
I was looking forward to @Lehigh96's post and I was not disappointed. I have to say I like Take 4 for its toning. I do like the nickels that have...
1950-D Yesterday I said I had three of these. But this one was not photographed. It's a straight-up MS65. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1950-D These were impossible to find in circulation only 15 years after they were issued. Fifty years later, they are commonplace as all the...
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