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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1455121, member: 2972&quot;]Finding a fully struck 1883 nickel will take some patience.&nbsp; This issue was not well struck, typically.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, the stars stick out, but it&#039;s the hair that also is an area to check and often overlooked (as was pointed out above).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse, the left ear of corn and the wheat tips above are two areas to focus on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding a coin with full stars, hair, corn, and wheat will take some time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the examples from my typeset:</p><p><br /></p><p>The one from my childhood collection[XF-ish], with a strike typical for the issue (note weak stars and obliterated corn on left:</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/52164813/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/52164844/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The one from today&#039;s type set, fairly well struck, but not quite 100% [NGC 65]:</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51839120/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51839127/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And one I picked up a while ago just because I liked it, and with a strike a touch stronger than the coin above.&nbsp; What&#039;s even better, at least to me, is the attractive toning and eye appeal.&nbsp; Although it is lower graded than the previous coin [PCGS 63, and an AU63 at that, IMO], I much prefer it.</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/87087117/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/87087121/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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