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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 7968439, member: 19250&quot;]The term black beauty pertained to the 1959 Jefferson nickel.&nbsp; Yes since 1959 other dates have been found to be dark in color due to impropper heating of the nickel blanks.&nbsp; </p><p>True Jefferson nickel collector only recognized the 1959 date as the&quot; true black beauty&nbsp; nickel variety&quot;.....all others are just dark nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;And I concur the specimen looks to have environmental damage.&nbsp; As the true black beauty nickel wasnt black more of a dark grey....I know this to be true as I was a YN durring this time peroid in a coin club....and the 59 black beauty and the 50 D nickels were well sought after specimens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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