Definitive Test For Black Beauty Nickels

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I don't believe your 1964 nickel is a Black Beauty. Likely some form of environmental toning.

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Could not agree more since a "Black Beauty" nickel is primarily caused by an improper annealing process during minting and it is difficult to identify and confirm the real deals by just looking at the pictures and in most cases they are not .


Absolutely correct..

Incredible. Since I completed my Jefferson nickel WW II Lamination XRF/SEM-EDS study and its published in the Newman Portal and in the recent Mint Error News #97 - see here - https://minterrornews.com/issue97.pdf on page 144 I was considering what is the next challenge? Seems these Black Beauties of 1958 & 1959-P are next? I contacted the two principal people in this thread today by E-Mail to consider being reviewers/consultants to this paper. So that I get a clearer picture of what is bothering you guys on these BB's feel free to ask some questions after reading my paper in Mike Byers Journal on these WWII nickels and how this technology can be used for BB's. I did not think this would be my next metallurgical project another coinage from the U.S. in the 20thC but these coins I believe would work well using this dual analytical approach. Shoot me some questions on this topic thread or privately. Realize I only heard of BB's only a week ago but have been doing serious reading on this phenomenon for the last week. I already worked out an anlytical schematic on what probably needs to be done but if people ask questions and I answer perhaps I can get some YOUR WRONG/THIS MAKE SENSE/TRY THIS/WHY ARE PCGS-NGC DIFFERENT? WHY ONLY ANACS. WHY the metal Co? Initially this can be complex/confusing due to other minting factors, coinages, etc exhibiting dark colors. Lets talk. John Lorenzo, Numismatist.