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Looks pretty shiny to me, with a few stray circulation marks and rim ticks. I agree not a proof though.
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Pillar of the Community
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Any of those shiny Nic's have fully defined steps on the reverse or are they kind of mushy?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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They are MS not Proof . I now would put them in a plastic Nickel tube .  |
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No to the circulation marks, because I guarantee these were never circulated. I'm positive Grandpa got these straight from the Central Bank and Trust Co (the name on the roll), right after they were minted; he did that sometimes. And it really does look like the mint polished these coins as if they were proofs. I've never seen nickels this mirrored except in proof sets. I didn't see any FS, but I was going to see if I could find my magnifying lens and get a better look today. I'll get a couple pics if I can find the lens.
And HECK no to the coin tube!! Now that they're out of the roll, I'm preserving them in the condition they were found in. They're too pretty to mess up.
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Pillar of the Community
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"circulation marks" can happen just after the coin is struck and drops into the "storage bin" below and also in the hopper to the coin rolling machine. As far as the shiny fields go, the newer the die the cleared the fields.
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Pillar of the Community
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Or bag marks. Nice coins but not proof.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I once got lucky with a few 1970 D rolls of Uncirculated Jefferson nickels at face from a bank in my days of roll searching. Only a dozen or so had more than a couple steps. Out of those, none had full steps of course, but I think I saved the best and made up a roll in a tube. The very best half dozen or so had perhaps 3 to 4.5 steps which are quite unusual to find on this issue. If you can't find a full step nickel on the tougher dates, close to 5 or whatever best ones you do find are still good to keep. It's kinda like playing horseshoes for me where close still counts. Edited by TNG
07/06/2021 10:52 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I save the close ones too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely beautiful, but definitely not a proof.
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United States
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Not a proof, but still a nice example!  |
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United States
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Very nice Denver mint jeff. No proof, but very nice none-the-less
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks to everyone who replied. Not that I'd grade these, but I'm curious: has anyone seen a nickel grade as prooflike because of reflective surfaces like this?
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has anyone seen a nickel grade as prooflike (sic) because of reflective surfaces like this? Well not with modern U.S. coins, as proofs are only made at the San Francisco mint where business strikes are not made anymore. But with Philly coins in the early '60's and before? maybe. But not likely due to the difference in the minting process and handling of the proof coins. Edited by Dearborn
07/12/2021 8:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, Deerborn. But now I'm confused. I thought the point of a PL or DMPL grade on coins like Morgans is that it looks like a proof even though it's not. How is that different for modern coins that are really mirrored even tho they're business strike?
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't know what sort of pl you are talking about. Post a pic of the business strike next to the proof so we can compare and see what you are talking about.
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