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I got this nickel off my brother a few weeks ago. Where both always looking out for coins and bills of errors and old dates. We was talking and he said it looked like a "Black Beauty" Nickel but after looking online for a few days I cant seam to find one from a 1965 set. so I wasn't for sure. Ive checked past sold items on ebay as well. If anybody has any ideas or feed back I'd be happy to here from you. thanks in advance.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! Not so sure on this one. I'm thinking that it's black toning from Environmental Damage. Errers and Varietys.
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I usually can pick these out of a barrel blind folded , but E&V might be right on this one .
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@MrGoheen92, first welcome to CCF. Second, here is a prior thread that may be of interest as you research your nickel: http://goccf.com/t/288744"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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I thought that to but was unsure. Ive had toned coins before but Ive never had any that was completely one full tone with no variation. the coins very clean though and has good details. but I am new to this so I wanted to know what someone else thinks that knows and enjoys the hobby. my brother tried taking it to one the local coin shops here in my town and all they said is its a nickel. and when he told them he thought it was a black beauty they didn't even know what a black beauty was.
thanks for the welcome. I'm glad I found this fourm
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all they said is its a nickel Others here can weigh in on the value of such coins, but to be sure, I'm not sure that there is much of a premium to these. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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You're on a good forum! You'll learn a lot from us, if you stay with us.
Errers and Varietys.
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Here again seems to be an example of heat tempering. Get the coin metal heated up to near melting point(red to orange in color) then plunge into cold water. Result is a blackened nickel. May even have a slightly different "ping" to it when dropped. And again still, I see no cobalt blue or bluish gray luster which all BB exhibit. Yours has the dull grey to smokey white tint of a tempered coin. If you look at some of the coins shown in this thread, you will see coins like yours, but are not the official Black Beauty. Read the postings there, it is all explained and debated. http://goccf.com/t/288744Edited by Crazyb0
09/03/2018 9:52 pm
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Thanks I'm checking that thread out again. I'm still getting used to the site I just realized there was ten pages to it I just read the front page.
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my brother tried taking it to one the local coin shops here in my town and all they said is its a nickel. and when he told them he thought it was a black beauty they didn't even know what a black beauty was. What was the name of the coin shop ; Numb Nuts Coin Gallery. |
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I'd be skeptical with the lack of mint luster
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What was the name of the coin shop ; Numb Nuts Coin Gallery Herzog's |
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I think it's ED/toned, not a real black beauty nickel.
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Posted 09/03/2018 8:39 pm
