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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1899398, member: 15309&quot;]Every time this topic rears it&#039;s ugly head, I am forced to disagree with Doug about the origin of the term &quot;black beauty&quot;.&nbsp; The coins designated as black beauties by ANACS with improperly annealed planchets are consistent with what Bernard A Nagengast calls black beauties in his book:&nbsp; THE JEFFERSON NICKEL ANALYST.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Curiously, the Philadelphia Mint did such a uniformly good job in producing black nickels in 1958, that some enterprising coin dealers promoted the coins, selling them as &quot;Black Beauties.&quot;&nbsp; These coins actually have a certain eye-appeal, being uniformly glossy or satiny black.&nbsp; There are some 1959 black beauties as well, but they are much less common.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Nagengast is considered one of the foremost experts on the Jefferson Nickel series and I trust both his research and knowledge on the subject.&nbsp; To this day, Doug is the only person I have ever encountered who believes that the term &quot;black beauty&quot; is derived from toned proof Jefferson Nickels.&nbsp; Without corroboration from another source, I just can&#039;t buy that story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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