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1885 Nickel Proof Or Bu?

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 Posted 07/19/2013  1:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list
I'm also with Proof.
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 Posted 07/19/2013  1:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1916 D Merc to your friends list

I think this is a proof
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 Posted 07/19/2013  9:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list
Why would anyone crack this out when slabbed as MS?
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 Posted 07/19/2013  9:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
It does have a proof appearance, but the rims don't say proof to me. The rest of the look does. Tough one, I think proof is probably correct. But I'd want another proof in hand to examine side by side and look for any die markers that would conclusively tell.
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 Posted 07/19/2013  9:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list

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It does have a proof appearance, but the rims don't say proof to me. The rest of the look does. Tough one, I think proof is probably correct. But I'd want another proof in hand to examine side by side and look for any die markers that would conclusively tell.


This, exactly. Everything but the rims scream, "Proof!"
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 Posted 07/19/2013  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Judging from these photos, I'd say proof.
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 Posted 07/20/2013  11:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add albertharris to your friends list
I should have kept original PCGS grade MS65. Was new into coins and most told me it would grade better. Next grading came back in flip as MS environment damage. Now slabbed as proof 65. Seen many other Lib nickels that were MS now regraded proof. Seems to be a trend.
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 Posted 08/28/2013  6:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add albertharris to your friends list
You guys were right, PR-66 Cameo

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 Posted 08/28/2013  7:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FadeToBlack to your friends list
Nice coin, and yeah, details are great, definitely proof.
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 Posted 08/29/2013  01:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bababooey to your friends list
Amazing, amazing coin!

I think I read that the proofs are more common in that year than the high end mint state 'business addition' coins. The idea was that those people who collected coins back then, would simply buy the proofs, and the to be circulated coins were not saved. The demand for the business edition coins did not come until many years later.

Although this could have been referring to he Shield nickel series.
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Has been TPG'ed 3 times


ANACS all three times?
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 Posted 08/29/2013  05:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
Just goes to show you how often the grading companies can't even agree with themselves. Like my 1885-CC cracked from a MS64, to a bagged, to a MS63, then a bagged, then sold raw, and finally in the MS65 holder it deserved all along, I spent almost $170.00 in grading fees and postage only to sell it at a loss to a client that submitted it back to PCGS, he got the grade not me.

Congrats on the new grade! It's a pretty looking proof Liberty nickel for sure.
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 Posted 08/29/2013  08:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinCollector2000 to your friends list
I would kill to have this coin, amazing!
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 Posted 08/29/2013  1:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Prethen to your friends list
Why the heck would you ever crack it out of an MS65 holder (esp. PCGS)?!
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 Posted 08/30/2013  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hesgut to your friends list

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Why the heck would you ever crack it out of an MS65 holder (esp. PCGS)?!


It should probably have been sent back in for quality control. I'd love to see how PCGS would have handled the value reimbursement.

1885 MS65 is worth, what 10000.
1885 PR66 cameo is probably about 3000.

You can't keep it in the MS holder, it would be cheating someone one day out of a lot of money.
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