Guess the attributed Grade. 1883 non cents.

This has been on my brow, for a while now. If I need better pics I can post them in the morning. Been a productive week, I, treated myself to an undo pleasure.

So, here is a couple pics that I took. Brought to you by the Silver Bullet.

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This one is a tough one from the images. Not knocking your photo taking, just trying to read the surfaces. It looks like it's on the weakly struck side. I think it's MS as these are pretty easy to find uncirculated. My gut is telling me it's MS-64.

 

I'm sorry as Justin stated you can't read this image for luster and it's not clear enough to make a call on grade.
This date are known for weak strikes and are abundant in Au to low ms coins.

 

Agreed, hard to read luster on the photos. I'm going with MS63 weak strike.

 

My SWAG is 63 and yeah, that left ear of corn looks like a corn dog. Typical weak strike.

 

I can add that there are like 5 known varieties of the 1883 N/C nickel 4 of which are rpd and 1 ddo.
The 1883 W/C there are 4 known rpds .
I would also add that the 1883 Liberty aka V nickel were again a new lesson to be learned in minting. The Liberty nickel was made thinner due to the issues they had with the thickness of the Shield nickels.
However I'm sure even with reducing the thickness the strike issues still haunted them at the mint.

 

I here ya, the luster on this coin is quite hard to capture, when trying to do so last night, I lost all the toning.
I am gonna try again, once the coffee kicks in.

 

Hard to tell from the pics, but I'll go with AU55. Perhaps a thin layer of gold would bring out the details.

 

I'll go with 63.

 

When I'm using a basic setup instead of my copy stand, I have the best luck capturing luster/toning when I take a slightly angled shot. I don't know if that helps.

 

So, I got a few better pics, that show the details of the coin I think. I have not shot many of this style slab. In fact I only have one other.
hope this helps.

 

Personally, I think you need more light on the coin. Are you using regular daylight or room lighting?

 

I am using to diffused white led's and an indirect fluorescent pointed at a white board. This nickel is extremely dark in hand. more light, changes the color. I will have to play with it some more.

 

Okay... well I don't know what to say. The coin seems dull. Here's my V Nickel. It might be a bit overlit, but it makes it easier to see the coin.

 

Last photos.

 

Is that a number 8 in the denticles?

 

Too few details for an MS designation IMO. I would lean towards AU 53-55.

 

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This date does tone more towards a darker surface. I'm going Au.55 on this one after the new images . It may grade higher but again these in the Au - low ms grades are plentiful . Still a nice looking coin is there a die crack that runs just behind the point of the bust throughout the date?

 

Nope, I probably got some dust on the slab.

This looks like an RPD, but let me see, if I can get a close up.
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