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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dave new to coins, post: 2011532, member: 71784&quot;]Ok, thanks. I was thinking grading usually goes by amount of original detail remaining (or at least that is one major factor). I know for Jefferson Nickels the use of the stairs on the Monticello is a key detail (if you can make out most of the stairs it&#039;s not so badly worn, if the stairs are gone, it&#039;s worth $.05, unless you have a mint error, or so I&#039;ve read).&nbsp; Again, I&#039;m primarily a hunter of mint errors and / or semi-rare coins, like war nickels, every time I find one I&#039;m happy, and I keep it for my own enjoyment, to show, talk about...&nbsp; I was thinking here the ring would be easily removed (hard to show).&nbsp; I understand cleaning hurts value (but still don&#039;t know why if it hasn&#039;t hurt any detail of the coin). In all, she was overjoyed just to find out the value of the silver. So, win for me, I learned a lot from you guys, and for her, her coin is worth more than she thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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