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I'm not even real sure what a black beauty really is or if it makes a difference in a coins value. Is this a 1959 Jefferson Black Beauty? If so does it change the value? I'm assuming probably NOT full steps anyone disagree? Sorry about the blurred pictures if needed I can take some better ones in a few hours.      *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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It looks like a BB,but I read it is easy to do it yourself. John1  |
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Looks like a Black Beauty to me as well.
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@nicrob42, great nickel that you have there. There have been a bunch of posts on this phenomenon, but here is one of my faves: http://goccf.com/t/288744"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Rest in Peace
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First, BB's are environmental damage, unless someone can offer some other reason.
Second, a nickel in the earth for a century doesn't become black. Ask anyone who's actually used a detector
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Bedrock of the Community
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Black Beauty nickels are not environmental damaged. One of mine I cut from a problem free mint set. It seems the most common answer are improperly annealed planchette or improper alloy mix. There are several Jefferson nickel books that can explain it better than I can. The ops coin has the look of a BB ... at least to me. But it is always nice to see the coin in hand.   Good nickel book  Edited by GR58
08/24/2017 8:43 pm
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Quote:
Ask anyone who's actually used a detector I've been metal detecting for seven years now and I've found nickels,dimes,and quarters that were Red, Black, Brown even pink. It has a lot to do with the type of soil, PH level, sandy dirt red clay black dirt,moisture content and length of time they're in the ground. I believe a coin that is considered a black beauty should also have the original mint luster as part of the authentication process. IMHO Edited by jasper62
08/24/2017 8:48 pm
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Thanks everone for the replies....
This coin was in a old Harco coin book 1938-83? Complete Jefferson set I purchased. I had to use pliers to pull the plastic sleaves out because they were all stuck to the outside plastic sheets. Even then I realize things can be faked but this seems to be the same color through & thru.
Does the value change or is this a common coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Generally, I have seen "black beauty" nickels mostly in Philadelphia minted nickels. The most common dates I have seen are 1954 1955 1958 and 1959
On occasion you will see a 1953 1956 1957 and 1960.
There are also degrees of darkness, so they can be a deep gun metal gray to almost black.
I agree that it was something to do with alloy mix or the annealing of the blanks themselves.
I like them in all shades.
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It is a BB.
Errers and Varietys.
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