Grade This 1866 3 Cent Nickel With Part Of Of Letter "d" In United Missing?

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The Regency Store Valued Member United States 103 Posts	Posted 08/01/2017 10:42 pm Is this a common die error? On the PCGS Photograde app n my phone (downloaded from Google Play Store), the AU-50 grade of this coin (theirs is an 1869) has the exact same error on the "D". Pretty good die crack on the reverse as well What's your grade of this coin? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by The Regency Store 08/01/2017 10:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 08/01/2017 10:56 pm If you are asking for a grade, please put it in a grading section. Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 07:07 am There appears to be some traces of luster but I couldn't go higher than VF30. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
0xDA71D Pillar of the Community United States 1215 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 08:52 am VF25 Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36883 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 08:59 am VF-25 and filled portions of lettering on these is quite common. Report this Post to the Staff
RoyCoinBoy Pillar of the Community United States 1609 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 09:35 am Vf25, light corrosion(?) Might just be your pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 09:52 am with VF-25. The early nickel coins, both the 3 Cent and the Shield nickel had harder planchets and quickly caused the dies to deteriorate. It is sometimes more difficult to find one of those types, especially for the earliest dates, that doesn't show die problems. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 4:31 pm Agree, VF-25. Report this Post to the Staff
chesterb Pillar of the Community United States 1261 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 9:46 pm I'm going to go against the others and grade this AU-50. It's a nice original coin with some underlying luster. These are some of the hardest coins to grade because of the strike quality. The reverse has central weakness but the wreath leaves show great detail. This isn't wear. Same with the obverse. Central hair detail is also weak but it has a nice round cheek and strong full rims. This seems like a nice coin but it's hard to grade it with the weak strike. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 10:18 pm VF20 details, light porosity/env. dmg., clashed obverse/reverse dies with cracks and chips. I must respectfully disagree that there is any way this coin comes near AU. It is evenly worn across all surfaces, displaying weakness centrally and peripherally, with die subsidence especially notable on the obverse above the bust and correspondingly the reverse at the wreath bow. A small loss of detail may be accounted for by the subsidence but most of the flatness of this coin is simply circulation wear, in my opinion, not a weak strike/improper die spacing. Leaves are close to flat and lack central detail, hair is almost entirely flat with little detail, ear is almost gone. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 10:50 pm VF-30. Report this Post to the Staff
chesterb Pillar of the Community United States 1261 Posts	Posted 08/02/2017 11:04 pm This coin was graded AU-50 by PCGS. It's the same variety and it's missing it's ear too. It's a weak strike not wear. The OP's coin looks better imo. The coin's value is $40-$45 in VF or AU so it kind of a moot point in that regard. Edited by chesterb 08/02/2017 11:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
The Regency Store Valued Member United States 103 Posts	Posted 08/03/2017 8:14 pm Thanks for all of the replies and apologies for posting in the wrong section initially. I took the coin out of the holder to get a couple of "better" shots, along with adjusted exposure and gamma in Photoshop to bring out more detail at the expense of the actual look of the coin in hand. Yes either way the coin isn't worth much money, but the strike and wear variances, along with the deterioration really makes it an interesting and challenging coin to photograph. The coin is as gray as a battleship but in side light you can see silver shimmer through, quite beautiful actually. Not asking for a regrade lol. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11910 Posts	Posted 08/03/2017 9:30 pm vf30 IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 7:45 pm Out of curiosity (and with no intent to hijack a thread), chester -- how would you grade this heavily clashed 1881? I graded it AU50. It is not slabbed. I see your point about the strike issues with your PCGS example. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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Grade This 1866 3 Cent Nickel With Part Of Of Letter "D" In United Missing?