An Older 3CN Purchase - With Lots Of Character

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Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3234 Posts	Posted 12/02/2007 12:49 pm I bought this 1865 3CN for a lot of reasons. For one thing, the dealer was clueless as how to grade it. It was graded Fine. What a joke! It's actually an AU+. This coin is a poster child for how difficult of a time the Mint had with trying to produce this new series. Theres a Cud, weak strike in certain areas, clashed dies, and very deep rims (the deepest I've ever seen on any 3CN I've handled). There are some toning spots which detract a bit on the reverse but overall I love this piece as a superb representative of how hard it was to strike the new nickel coins! Edited by Prethen 12/02/2007 12:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff

hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 12/02/2007 1:23 pm Great example of why I love to collect this series and the Liberty nickels. All the Cuds, die cracks, inconsistent strikes, etc. create almost infinite numbers of varieties. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 12/02/2007 3:26 pm Nice! Very interesting features! You have assimilated yet another unsuspecting collector into the 3CN collective! Report this Post to the Staff
SA4H Pillar of the Community United States 2764 Posts	Posted 12/03/2007 01:43 am I can see why the dealer graded it in F. Since the beads on the crown was not fully struck and most of the lines on the reverse were very weakly struck, he assumed that was wear.... I may be wrong. Personally, I would not grade it AU, may be XF when first look at the coin..... but I am not an expert on this series at all, so I have to take Prethen words for it..... My other thought: when the coin has very deep rim then those weekly struck part should not be counted again the coin as wear. I REALLY like the Cud and deep rim though. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
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