Hi, Here are 3 coins that I am considering whether to submit for grading or not. Wonder about your opinion as to grade or any problems you notice. Thanks Jim This 3 cent nickel looks unc in fields and the "gold" colored areas of the face don't show any obvious wear lines. Not sure if the cud would affect grade any? On this dime, what appears to be a bump on the inside of elbow is a small interruption of the toning, maybe from a holder. The light spots on her hip are reflections, not bumps. This NC nickel has an extensive die crack going from below the 1 in the date all around the perimeter, touching each star and back to the origination. Thanks for looking!
Jim that first one is awesome! Lot's of character in that one, What are the chances that's a planchet flaw I can see on the Obverse at 7 and 8 o Clock? I love the ... Die Clash? on the obverse!
Snaz, I am sure it is a cud from a broken out bit of the die. Yes, many of these have clash marks. I really have trouble determining the Au/Ms border on all nickels, I guess due to their hardness. Spock, what is wrong with #1,3? I really like 2 a lot myself ! Jim Jim
I think they would all grade Jim. Send em in and post for us. The nickel has great tone and the 75 S I am sure is pretty rare. I don't collect those but quite nice.
I was half asleep when I clicked this thread, when the pic of the III cent nickel came up I perked right up. That nickel has a great stike on the reverse and looks like a fairly early die state by the depth of the details. The lower details (where they meet the coin) of the ribbon and leaves haven't been (die) pollished away. It is a little odd that the strike looks so good on the reverse, but not as good as the obverse. I would probably send it in. Nice coin. :thumb: The other coins look great, I'm just not very knowledgeable about them.
I hate slabbed coins. Unless your planning on selling those, why have them graded and slabbed? Those are really nice and should not be encapsulated. You could just send them to me and I'll put them in my albums. I'm a Album person and regardless of what the coin is, into my albums they go. Of course if your planning on selling them, then you would always get more money if in a slab.
Carl, I appreciate your comment. These coins have been with me raw for several decades, and a discussion with my 25 yr old son and heir is that he has no interest in learning enough about coins to be fluent in dealing with them raw. He does have the ability from comic book interest to be able to use value guides. So by grading now, I don't feel I have to sell currently and can enjoy them until I kick the bucket. Then he can have "confidence" when selling any of them. I feel that since I am a senior citizen in every thing except my head, my duty is to make a transition easier. It is a compromise. I may sell some to buy others, but I feel more at ease doing this. I have seen too many , many years younger than me, who pass on, leaving their relatives with coins they know little about. I know he wants my herd of 3L buffs, so he will probably keep those! Jim
A whole herd, eh?! These coins are sweet, I have a few 3 cent nickels, Seated Liberty Dimes and a No Cents V Nickel and your examples put mine to shame. Is it wrong to covet thy neighbors coins???
Slabbed coins offer better protection! If you hate slabbed coins, thats your opinion and if people want to send there coins to get slabbed, why cant they. He was asking how the coins looked and you didn't even bother answering the original question.
Jim , Send them all in they are all worthy , and I'm real curious as to what the 75' Seated will get !! Grim
The 1883NC does have some neat toning and reflective fields, almost proof like. I decided to send in the dime and the 83. I started looking carefully at the 3 cent and decided to hold it raw for a while. And the comment about the herd, I do apologize if I sounded boastful. I didn't mean to....Think a very small herd . They grabbed me over 20 years ago when you could still find them easily at local shows. Jim
