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<p>[QUOTE="ziggy29, post: 17134, member: 1113"]Well, there's no picture of the reverse, but it looks to be at least AU. Whether it's any better than that or not is hard to say with what we have. You'd also want to look at it in the light to examine the luster to see whether it might be mint state ("uncirculated") or not. It looks like there's a wee bit of wear on the high points of the hair, so I'd say from this picture, the coin would grade AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>The noise you mention about the line through the date -- if it's a die crack -- wouldn't be likely to significantly change the value, and it doesn't change the grade. If it's not a die crack and it's instead damage that took place after the coin left the mint, it's a "problem" coin to some degree and would be worth less than the values you'd see in the price sheets for the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Erring on the side of conservative and assuming you have an AU, the approximate catalog value is around $15-$20 if the reverse side does NOT have the word "CENTS" on the coin, and about $70-$90 if the word "CENTS" does appear on the reverse. This assumes no major problems (cleanings, whizzings, polishing, significant damage to the coin). If any of these problems are present, the value is considerably less. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin is actually uncirculated, it would be worth a bit more, especially if the reverse has the word "CENTS" on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>1883 nickels without the word "CENTS" are quite common in high grades, far more than any other date of so-called "V" nickels (which were struck, officially, from 1883 to 1912).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy29, post: 17134, member: 1113"]Well, there's no picture of the reverse, but it looks to be at least AU. Whether it's any better than that or not is hard to say with what we have. You'd also want to look at it in the light to examine the luster to see whether it might be mint state ("uncirculated") or not. It looks like there's a wee bit of wear on the high points of the hair, so I'd say from this picture, the coin would grade AU. The noise you mention about the line through the date -- if it's a die crack -- wouldn't be likely to significantly change the value, and it doesn't change the grade. If it's not a die crack and it's instead damage that took place after the coin left the mint, it's a "problem" coin to some degree and would be worth less than the values you'd see in the price sheets for the grade. Erring on the side of conservative and assuming you have an AU, the approximate catalog value is around $15-$20 if the reverse side does NOT have the word "CENTS" on the coin, and about $70-$90 if the word "CENTS" does appear on the reverse. This assumes no major problems (cleanings, whizzings, polishing, significant damage to the coin). If any of these problems are present, the value is considerably less. If the coin is actually uncirculated, it would be worth a bit more, especially if the reverse has the word "CENTS" on it. 1883 nickels without the word "CENTS" are quite common in high grades, far more than any other date of so-called "V" nickels (which were struck, officially, from 1883 to 1912).[/QUOTE]
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