A recent addition

I just wanted to show you all one of my most recent additions and while I'm at it can you guess the grade? It's slabbed by ANACS.
I'll run a contest at some point (when I figure out what I'm willing to give away!)

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scn10001.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/cn0002.jpg

For those intersted here are blowups of the second 8 in the date at 200 and 60X.

Not listed on the holder.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/8a.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/8b.jpg

 

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my guess would be an XF-40. very nice coin.

-Steve

 

Dan,that's a very nice cupro-nickel 3c. coin you've got there.It is probably a scarce coin as well.

Aidan.

 

Thanks Aidan and you're right. Mintage of 10,609. Wouldn't put just anything up here.

 

AU-55

Nice pick-up !

 

Great coin and I would say AU-50

 

nice coin

 

hair braids and top of crown are too worn to be AU.

 

It's a beauty :thumb:

 

Nice coin !

 

Thanks for the tip.
I just threw out an un-edjucated guess.

 

I would say XF-45

 

I'm curious as to what source you use as a guide for grading. I'm ANA Grading Standards.

 

silly question here...what is the coin?

 

Only silly if you don't ask it Twiggs. Its a U.S. Three Cent Nickel Piece. Minted from 1865 through 1889.
Known as a Three Cent Nickel due to it's composition of nickel and copper.
U.S. also made Three Cent Sivers from 1851 through 1873.

 

Very nice coin - thanks for sharing!

I am going to guess AU 53 Cleaned?

I am assuming it's cleaned due to the amount of wear with little toning or anything else on the coin.?.

I love the three cent coin, I would like to get one that is silver in AU condition. For that matter I would like to get a 3 cent nickel in the condition yours is in too...

Best Regards

Darryl

 

Thank you Clembo, makes it easier for me to read about a coin when I know what the heck it is..lol

 

ditto.

-steve

 

Cindy,the silver 3c. coin from America is also known as a Trime.

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trime .

Someone needs to fix up that article.

Aidan.

 

Aiden:
I just re-checked Breen. The term trime was only for the silver three cent, invented by the Mint director Snowden, and was rarely used.
The public actually called them 'fish scales'.