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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 286102, member: 2972&quot;]<img src="http://www.teletrade.com/lotimgs/coins/24/30/c24301134.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS graded the coin MS 63.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My subjective in-hand assessment:&nbsp; I agree with the grade, but wouldn&#039;t really bat an eye if the coin was graded 64 either -- I would grade it 63.5 (bonus points for color and strike).&nbsp; The biggest problem with the coin, and what limits this coin&#039;s grade, is a feature of the coin nobody really picked up on as it is not very evident in the photograph.&nbsp; There is a vertical hit on Liberty&#039;s cheek running from just right of the corder of Liberty&#039;s mouth down towards her lower chin.&nbsp; There are also a few scattered contact marks in Liberty&#039;s hair, her coronet, and a few in the fields most notable in the upper left of the obverse.&nbsp; The reverse is cleaner than the obverse, but does have the tick above and right of the V.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin&#039;s best features are the strike, prooflike surfaces, and delicate multi-colored toning.&nbsp; The coin has some &quot;skin&quot; yet the toning is very light.&nbsp; Colors include green, red, yellow, and blue, and I suspect the coin spent some time in an envelope.</p><p><br /></p><p>While a one-year type, this coin is very common, even in mint state.&nbsp; It was the coin that was gold plated and passed off as a $5 gold piece before CENTS was added to the reverse later that year.&nbsp; The mint clearly had trouble striking these nickels up fully as the majority of these coins are poorly strick with the stars on the obverse&nbsp; and left ear of corn generally showing some weakness.&nbsp; Die breaks are also very common.</p><p><br /></p><p>After not finding a coin to buy from them in a long, long time, I purchased this coin from Teletrade:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2430&amp;lot=1134" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2430&amp;lot=1134" rel="nofollow">http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2430&amp;lot=1134</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to all that posted and guessed, and I appreciate your comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a nice weekend...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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