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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 520857, member: 9270&quot;]Your 1881 nickel 3-cent is particularly nice.</p><p>They are VERY difficult to find fully struck.</p><p>Yours has just a touch of softness at the top of the first &quot;I&quot; in the &quot;III&quot;.</p><p>Above normal strike.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1867 is about what is normally found.</p><p>Weakness in the middle of the first &quot;I&quot; and slightly into the second.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><u>Overall opinion</u>: Be more selective of what you buy. It&#039;s really a pain to have to re-buy a coin later because you didn&#039;t get a good one the first time.</p><p>And now I&#039;m talking about the half dimes.</p><p>The 1839 is severely damaged. And of course as you&#039;ve noticed the 1860 has been cleaned harshly.</p><p>You&#039;ll end up buying fewer coin because the good ones cost more.</p><p><u>But the good ones are the ones you&#039;ll keep for a lifetime.</u></p><p>And I&#039;m not talking about the grade. Stay away from damaged and cleaned coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you use the 1881 nickel 3-cent as your model for quality you&#039;ll be much happier down the line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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