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United States
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Any thoughts on a grade or value for this circulated 1883 No Cents Liberty nickel? Thanks in advance CCFers!   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Not too good at grading american, but I would say F10? Maybe VG8
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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is that a scan?
tough to say but the surfaces do not look all that appealing. The detail is in the F+ range.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
613 Posts |
cel phone camera with poor lighting conditions! Looks better in hand - the coloring/appearance look like any other decent Liberty nickel. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Not very appetizing , but I'll say VG-10 . $7-$11 .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Obverse detail could even be VF, but so beat up that it would net out much less.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Note that the 1883 no cents is probably the single most common 19th century coin in AU and MS. So these lower grades are very hard to sell. Check ebay - there are A LOT of them. |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also would take a stab in the F-12 range.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
The surfaces do not look right at all. VG+/F- details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think the color is off on the picture.
F 15
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin appears to have rough surfaces, and it looks like it's been give a layer of gold color in an attempt to make it into a "racketeer nickel." For those who don't know the story, the word "CENTS" did not appear on the design of this coin. Since it is about the same size as a $5 gold piece, some people gold plated them and tried to pass them as the gold pieces. The mint quickly fixed that by adding the word "CENTS" at the bottom of the reverse. The "real" racketeer nickels have a reeded edge in addition to the layer of gold. This one probably does not have modified edge. As such I'd say that this layer of gold was put on the piece fairly recently. The coin is not worth very much. High circulated grade examples of this coin are common, and as someone else said, low grade ones are hard to sell. Here is an edge view of a "real" racketeer nickel.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely not a former racketeer nickel, just really bad lighting that gave it a yellowish hue. Sorry for that.
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United States
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Thanks for all the answers, for what it's worth, here's better photos of the same coin shot in natural daylight outside. For the purposes of asking for opinions, I thought the bad lighting in the original brought out every possible flaw to assist in the judgement.   Unlike many no cent nickels, this guy got spent and spent some time jangling around in pockets! |
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