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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Ok, I've been an ebay noob buyer and bought on impulse without much knowledge of this particular coin and with not a great picture either which *should* have been a big no-no. This apparently comes from someone selling on behalf of an elderly gentleman and the seller did indeed have some older uk coins. I've not yet parted with my cash, is there anything you can see from this pathetically small picture which doesn't seem legit?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't see anything that jumps out as fake. If they were claiming it was a 1885 or 1886, then I would run screaming from those pictures. The stars appear to be well struck so I am crossing my fingers for you.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Out of curiosity how much are they asking for the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
Do you know if the date is 1884 or 1894? I can't quite make out the third digit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
dude I cant even read the date on that coin. is it supposed to say 1891? looks like 1881 to me and they didnt even make them that year.. id stay away just incase. But it is in pretty good condish, so if theyre asking a good price for it you could consider
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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I already bought it, I don't think they really knew what they were selling as the description was messed up but they were reasonable in describing their other coins as worn etc. I'm hoping it grades at least vf or I will have overpaid though!
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3453 Posts |
You are ok with 1884, IMHO. No reason to fake that date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Hello, Yes, I agree that these photos are difficult to use in deciphering any of the details that could help in fully addressing your concerns. The dark color does not concern me, however, since I have encountered several of these V nickels having similar toning. Try to upload some additional close-up photos that would better assist the CCF to visualize exactly what you have here. In the event your camera setup lacks the capability of drilling down further producing greater magnification, try reviewing the options presented in the following CCF thread related to USB photographing of coins, an effective and economical alternative: https://goccf.com/t/88598fyi, mdpmedia |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I don't have the coin in hand yet, these were photos that were on the listing. As I said I took a bit of a noobs chance really. I'll certainly update the pictures on this thread when the coin arrives.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think you're probably ok. The coin looks to be XF.
Regarding the color, it does concern me a bit.
If the picture is accurate then it looks exactly like a nickel that has had an old cleaning and has been retoned. Often, the retoning becomes darker and more grey than most natural toning on this particular series.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
298 Posts |
Unfortunately Hesgut I think you're probably right now I have the coin in person, however I have a loupe and can't see classic tell tale sign of scratches on the surface. It would be annoying because the coin actually has some lovely detail.  Edited by Coinaholic73
11/17/2012 07:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks legit to me. Very nice V-nickel!
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Pillar of the Community
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Seeing the coin better, I think it's at least an EF-45 and some might call it an AU-50. I do not believe those are natural surfaces. It hasn't been whizzed or anything aggressive like that, but it has been cleaned. Probably a very long time ago. It was common practice back then, especially on coins that grade right around EF or AU. Somebody had a nice looking piece and noticed that it had diminished luster and wanted to "improve" it by giving it's shine back. Like I said before, I've seen Liberty nickels with an old cleaning that looked exactly like this one. Cleaning offends me more so than most, but even I think you still did fine here. You mentioned not paying more than VF...I'm assuming you payed about $55 - $60. It has been cleaned, but it has also re-toned evenly and the detail is great and I think that price is still a good deal. Coin's worth at least $80 IMO and you'll find people who'll pay more. Edited by hesgut
11/17/2012 1:20 pm
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Yes, after currency conversion it works out about $60 shipped I paid so I'm happy with it. I'd also agree that if it has been polished it isn't recent.
Think this experience also shows how knowledge of a particular coin helps, I took a bit of a blind mans pop on this really.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a bad buy! Turned out better than I expected
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Posted 11/15/2012 10:11 pm
