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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2809307, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMHO, I would guess that <b>only someone who does not know how to grade coins</b> or does not know what original mint luster looks like would think this coin (1994-P 5c) is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> heavily circulated! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> If this applies to anyone here, well...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel in the OP is struck with very worn dies.&nbsp; It has virtually most of its original mint luster remaining.&nbsp; I&#039;ll remind the new collectors reading this that I can take an MS-70 SE and chop it all up with a screwdriver.&nbsp; The coin will still have its original - as struck- mint luster on any part of it that I have not damaged.&nbsp; It will not be &quot;heavily circulated&quot; although it will look that way to the uninformed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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