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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25644386, member: 101855"]You need to consider luster in addition to design details. As others have said, many Liberty Nickels lack details because of poor strikes. I would suggest that you buy one of books on the subject to learn about dates that often have strike issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>The piece you pictured, the 1883 No Cents Nickel, is very common in AU and even low end Mint State. The lack of the word “cents” was noted early, and many of them were saved. Ironically that high survival rate resulted in low prices despite the limited mintage of about 5 million, if memory serves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25644386, member: 101855"]You need to consider luster in addition to design details. As others have said, many Liberty Nickels lack details because of poor strikes. I would suggest that you buy one of books on the subject to learn about dates that often have strike issues. The piece you pictured, the 1883 No Cents Nickel, is very common in AU and even low end Mint State. The lack of the word “cents” was noted early, and many of them were saved. Ironically that high survival rate resulted in low prices despite the limited mintage of about 5 million, if memory serves.[/QUOTE]
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