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Gonna say, Nice '65! If that's a circ find, pretty good, those were crap off the line for the most part. The 64D from what I can tell, (tried enhancing, no luck poor resolution)is a late die state with die flow lines in a radial motion, surface is rougher and reflects lite differently. It is relatively uncirculated so the surface materials causing luster are still there. Those may be the differences you see.  Edited by Crazyb0
03/23/2018 9:04 pm
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 The difference is that one is in slightly better condition. BTW, it's Nick el, not Nickle. |
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@igotit, the '64 is very nice and in great shape for being over 50 years old. There are scratches on the portrait, but the obv field is in great shape and may make your coin seem to "glow". However, I don't think that the condition is nice enough to make it worth a premium though.
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Funny to think about...but the 1964 might be newer than the 1965. It could have been minted as late as sometime in 1966.
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It's one of the 1.7 billion 1964 D Jefferson nickels minted, looks darn near MS63 ish to me but possibly AU58 with a few hits along the rim there. Either way, it's obviously got a lot of luster and I like it. Unless you go buy a BU roll, it's not something you'll see in circulation or pocket change very often, that's for sure. The weakness in the design is often mistaken for circulation wear. Certain Jefferson nickels look this way from worn dies fresh off the press. I imagine a lot of the 1.7 billion 1964 D Jefferson nickels spent a lot of time getting moved around in mint sewn bags even before they ever were opened and rolled. Thus the term "bag marks", which are also mistaken for signs of circulation. |
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I think Crazyb0 nailed it. I see heavy radial die flow lines on the '64-D and that certainly gives it a different appearance. Also, there may be some pronounced "ghosting", or Progressive Indirect Design Transfer, and that is also associated with a late die state. That gives it a "liquid" look, like mercury, especially on the reverse.
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Thanks for the input. I also keep telling myself that the 1964 D "nickel" could be a special strike coin. Wishful thinking.
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I also keep telling myself that the 1964 D "nickel" could be a special strike coin. Wishful thinking. It would have to lose the D mintmark for that to be a possibility.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
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