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Pillar of the Community
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Any chance of FS grade?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hard to say from that photo.
Can you give a straight on closeup of the steps.
Don't know that black mark is under the third pillar.
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Moderator
 United States
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The coin appears to be a Proof strike. If so we should expect some step detail.
I can't see the steps well enough in the photo to offer an informed opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hard to say from that photo.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73579 Posts |
It sure looks like a Proof. Hard to grade with current photos.  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
555 Posts |
Probably an SMS coin, since no proofs were made then. Closeup of the steps would be appreciated.
Most coin grading companies don't recognize full steps on SMS coins, also I think they are typically very common on SMS coins, whereas normal strikes only have a few known(4 in pcgs pop report) with full steps
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10470 Posts |
No proofs in 1965 but may be an exceptional SMS strike.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6449 Posts |
I agree, from the photo it's tough to distinguish business vs. SMS strike. A special mint set nickel would have no real premium for step completeness.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18627 Posts |
well, it does have the look of an SMS coin. maybe MS67.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6449 Posts |
I find it interesting that the bust relief on Jefferson looks SMS, but the reverse has a considerable amount of PIDT, which usually implies business strike.
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Moderator
United States
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That is a good looking nickel regardless.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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So many acronyms to learn. Mostly, that I'd never heard of until my return to collecting a few years ago. Quote:
the reverse has a considerable amount of PIDT I've noticed the phenomenon, but didn't know it had a name. In search of meaning, I found a previously unknown (to me) website that looks valuable. Added to my bookmarks. https://www.error-ref.com/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Error Ref is pretty much the go-to reference site for mint errors and other coin manufacturing anomalies. It is quite thorough.
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