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Very beautiful, I would say AU-58 or even a MS-60.
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Grades are all over the chart . My call MS-64 .  |
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MS-65. cant tell FS from pics' , but likely is
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Hi everyone,
I really appreciate these grading posts. They really help me develop and refine my grading abilities. I am at the point where I feel comfortable with ms-50 on down, but I find the higher grades difficult. I can usually spot a difference of two grades, but adjacent grades are hard for me and even more so if the coin is a heavily toned original. I also have trouble telling a high grade slider from mint state. That's the reason for this post.
From all the 64/65 grades here it looks like my au-58 grade missed badly.
I would completely agree with the 64/65 grade opinions if the coin is indeed uncirculated. But both sides of the coin are covered in marks on both the fields and the devices and I took the marks to be evidence of circulation. I did note that the holder is noticeably scratched and did not consider it to in grading.
I did compare it to the only two uncirculated Jeffersons in my collection which are in my type set, but neither was a good comparator. The first was a type1 1964 PCGS pr69cam, which is way too different, had no marks. The second was a type 2 silver alloy 1943-ms66fs which also had no marks, but which was struck in a much softer alloy than the 1958-d being graded.
So if any of you could explain what the marks are, I would be grateful for your help in teaching me what to look for in spotting slightly circulated coins.
Thanks much.
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I've been tempted to edit out of slab pics the marks that I know to be on the plastic, but that gets quite tedious.
The way I learned to grade within the MS range for current coinage was to get original bank wrapped rolls of uncirculateds, then examine each coin under magnification and sort them into piles from worst to best. In the typical nickel roll of 40 coins the pile count might be something like MS60-2, MS61-5, MS62-14, MS63-12, MS64-6, MS65-1. Finding grade 66 and up would usually require a better batch (less bag marks) and multiple rolls. There was great variance per batch which I suppose reflects mint handling, and even how bumpy the road was when the bags of coins were transported to the rolling machine.
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And PCGS said ... MS-65 not full steps
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That's a lovely nickel! Good ms65. I don't see the signs of circulation, my guess is because of the luster, it would have gotten 66, had this coin not bounced around so much.
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MS65 not FS here. Quote:
And PCGS said ... MS-65 not full steps OMG this is over  Edited by TNG
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