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1897 Liberty Nickel - What Do You Think? (ANACS)

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 Posted 12/22/2014  12:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matthewvincent to your friends list
The reverse is weakly struck.
I'll venture an AU-58. Just the lease hint of a rub on the cheek and hair.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  1:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list
I thought the reverse was fairly strong - there's some detail on the left ear of corn. 63 in my book.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  1:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CopperCastle to your friends list
I can see the weak hair as noted by Matt (immediately under the Liberty tiara). There's some detail missing there. The rest of the coin looks solid. This could go either way. AU-58
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 Posted 12/22/2014  2:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list
It looks like it could go MS-63 but if it's circulated you got one heck of a coin for AU money.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  2:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list
I'm torn on AU/BU. There's one scratch left of CENTS that looks maybe postmint, but the only "wear" on the obverse is precisely where strike weakness first shows on this issue. The pics are pretty good, so I decided to come down on the Mint State side.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  2:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdmern to your friends list
Looks like a MS63
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 Posted 12/22/2014  2:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edweather to your friends list
These nickels confuse me with the poor hair detail, so I'll split the difference at MS60.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  3:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Necer149 to your friends list
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 Posted 12/22/2014  5:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tpmjr2004 to your friends list
I'll guess they called it AU-58.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  5:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wheatchaser140 to your friends list
AU-58. Beautiful piece.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  5:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list
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 Posted 12/22/2014  9:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pennynickelguy to your friends list
I'm on the MS-63 bus!
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 Posted 12/22/2014  11:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add D0ubl3Eagle to your friends list
I'll guess MS-63.
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 Posted 12/22/2014  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list
Coins made from nickel are "hard" to judge, even in hand, you guys did pretty good;

1897-Liberty-Nickel---What-Do-You-Think?-ANACS

...we'll see what PCGS has to say about.
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 Posted 12/25/2014  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TypeCoin971793 to your friends list
Was it struck from rusty dies. The surfaces have a rough look...
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