Definitive Test For Black Beauty Nickels

What are your thoughts on these? Worth grading? Thanks for any info

Does anyone have an opinion about the ANACS slabbed black beauties from 1958 and 1959? They seem to be the most common on ebay and I'm considering buying a couple.

But I don't know much about them (hence my finding this thread on a google search), and don't want to spend the money on something that is possibly faddish that people may not want down the road, or that may have a rapidly increasing population that could drive prices down.

I don't collect for the money aspect of the hobby alone, but want to be careful that I feel like I understand what I'm getting into.

That sums it up well.

I'm only interested in the ANACS black beauty nickels. Not sure if ngc or PCGS even mark their slabs with the designation, but if they do, I'd be interested in those too. I'm not interested in learning enough to identify black beauties myself which is why I want ANACS (or PCGS or NGC) to mark them so I'm confident they are genuine.

I just don't know if the prices will keep up like they are now or if the interest could possibly fade (or the population increase) to maybe cause the prices to drop.

Outstanding example!

I know this thread is old, but It's all I could find that really explains the Black Beauty. Thanks SPRU. I bought a huge lot of proof nickels, the l run is from 1956 thru 2011. As I was looking through them, I found 2 1964's not sure if the seller knew there were 2 in the lot. One is definitely a proof. The other looks like a Black Beauty IMO. It has full steps and is uncirculated. The pics show 3 different coins, all 1964. The top one is a regular 1964. The left is the is the black beauty I'm referring to. The bottom is a proof. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks in advance.