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<p>[QUOTE="Jhonn, post: 287027, member: 5418"]If that thing is not in a slab graded by ANACS, PCGS, or NGC (and it doesn't look like it is), then I would stay FAR away from it. 1883 No Cents are common enough coins, and cheap even in MS, but I've never heard of or seen any 'proof-like' nickels before...I thought that was generally a Morgan dollar characteristic.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could just be an 1883 proof, but I don't know if they even made any that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the flip-side, the details look MS for sure, and I'm not even sure exactly how one would go about making the fields look polished while maintaining an 'acid-etched' look on the raised elements of the coin. Anyone else want to weigh in?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jhonn, post: 287027, member: 5418"]If that thing is not in a slab graded by ANACS, PCGS, or NGC (and it doesn't look like it is), then I would stay FAR away from it. 1883 No Cents are common enough coins, and cheap even in MS, but I've never heard of or seen any 'proof-like' nickels before...I thought that was generally a Morgan dollar characteristic. It could just be an 1883 proof, but I don't know if they even made any that year. On the flip-side, the details look MS for sure, and I'm not even sure exactly how one would go about making the fields look polished while maintaining an 'acid-etched' look on the raised elements of the coin. Anyone else want to weigh in?[/QUOTE]
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