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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 170728, member: 66&quot;]That seller is well known for selling fakes and misrepresented coins.&nbsp; In the case of this 1880 nickel, the pictures are poor but I think the coin is real.&nbsp; The problem is it isn&#039;t a Proof like mint state coin that they claim it is.&nbsp; It is most likely a genuine proof coin, and possibly mishandled.&nbsp; The price range it brought is a little onthe high side for an 1880 proof, but a pittance compare to what a business strike would bring.&nbsp; (I believe a for sure business strike in MS-63 recently sold for around $25K.)&nbsp; Adding to the problem is that the proof shields for that era are seldom flashy and often poorly struck.&nbsp; They also used the same dies for proofs and business strikes.&nbsp; Hence it is very difficult to tell proofs and mint state business strikes apart.&nbsp; Certification doesn&#039;t help either as the services slab very few MS coins and many of those MS slabs actually hold proof coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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