Guess The Grade: Jefferson Nickel

Hi all, since my last attempt at Guess The Grade was an abosolute failure Lets give it another go shall we?

This time I thought that I would choose the Jefferson since we have recently had a design change and there has been a buzz about that series.

Here we go... Guess now, Answer Friday at Midnight (EST) (or whenever guessing dies off....)





Added for accuracy:

Obverse: The scratch going across the head and the scratches on the collar are on the holder.

Reverse: The "scratch" going from the mint mark through S UNUM is actually a reflection.

 

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Nice luster, clean cheek and jaw, looks a bit rough in the field around the mint mark. Looks like a PCGS slab, probably MS66.

 

‮‮‮‮‮‮‮♪ M.S. 64 ♫

 

I would guess MS 65.
coinsngolf

 

Is that a lamination under the E
and T of WE TRUST?

 

It's a very nice strike, but I see some scratches (are they on the coin or the holder). Even with the scratches, I think it's probably MS64.

 

I'd say 64. There are just a few too many hits and scratches on the coin (and I can tell some of them are on the holder and some on the coin) to make 65.

 

i would say 63 because f they 3 scratches on the obverse, and on the reverse there is a small nick on the rim

 

i dont like that deep gouge by the 3 either

 

I don't think that's a deep gouge. It appears to be a shadow at the edge of a raised area.

 

The three sratches that I think you refer to are on the holder, and I'm looking at the reverse rim with 10x magnification, and I don't see any nicks. It must be on the holder as well.

ziggy is right, the "deep gouge" by the 3 is actually a shadow from the ribbon in Tommy's ponytail.

Does anyone know of a method to remove scratches from slabs? Do you suppose I could buff them out with a dremel?

Longnine- I don't think it is the true definition of lamination. More like a planchet impurity. Depending on the angle of view, sometimes it's invisible.

 

Get hold of Conder101. He collects and catalogs slabs and probably knows something about curating them.

 

MS- 64/63 and what looks to be 5 steps

 

MS-65 FS. It appears the coin is raw.

 

63 obv, nick/gouge in hair, 64 rev. Really hard to tell in the holder. Remember this is graded from a photo, so the fine stuff wont show unless you see and rotate the coin. Nice coin, great eye appeal, the nick in the hair doesnt offend me too much, I dont like too many marks at all on the cheek of any coin. I have never graded anything above a 65, seems like it goes exponential starting at 64.

 

Jefferson Grade

It appears to be a toned MS-63. I don't see anything that would push it above that.

catman

 

MS66 full steps

 

I'll assume it was visible to the grader: MS62

 

I was going to guess MS65, I'm New here and am enjoying this site so far, just getting back into coins..slowwwly.

 

Ms-65