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1941 S Nickel. Not As Good As I Had Hoped. What Do You Think In Terms Of Grading? :(

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Once I removed the 2x2 to have a better look I realized it was not what I thought it was. Sold as uncirculated :(
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might be MS, sharper pics needed to be sure
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Mid AU ,not uncirculated .
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might be MS, sharper pics needed to be sure

MS,really? I will try to get some better ones in the daylight. I stapled it back up lol. But is that not wear on the cheeks, collar and shoulder? TY :)
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Mid AU ,not uncirculated

Eeeek, yes it looks pretty rough to me too.
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Yes, mid-grade AU, shows light circulation. Would be a solid hole filler until better comes along.
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Yes, mid-grade AU, shows light circulation. Would be a solid hole filler until better comes along.

Thank you so much. :)
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Sorry to say, look very nice for a circulate coin. It is a high grade of the circulate coin. The markers are there.
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Sorry to say, look very nice for a circulate coin. It is a high grade of the circulate coin. The markers are there.

That's great to know. I'll add better pics tomorrow! Thanks!
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I tried again to get better images but they might be the same quality. I just wanted to be certain that this nickel is circulated. Clearly it appears that way. I am bummed that it was supposed to be gem uncirculated but it's a lesson learned.


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It might be a low-grade MS example, but the value isn't that much either way.
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It might be a low-grade MS example, but the value isn't that much either way.

Got it, thanks. High AU, low MS. Sorry about the pics!
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Sorry it is not AU. Explain: High point have marks of circulation and also the rims. You have on Observe fingers print on the East side. So you can decided your self. Between 45 and 48 it is mince space.
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Sorry it is not AU. Explain: High point have marks of circulation and also the rims. You have on Observe fingers print on the East side. So you can decided your self. Between 45 and 48 it is mince space.

So XF? I see a fingerprint now on the reverse. Thanks :)
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This is not an XF coin. High AU at worse, leaning low MS personally.

Marks at the high points are planchet marks, marks that were on the planchet before striking they were not removed by strike. Very common to see in this series on weakly struck examples. Points where these can be seen are the hair above the ear, jaw, and shoulder, along with the lower steps and central portion of Monticello on the reverse. Same can be said for the rim marks on the obverse at K12, K2, and K6.

A fingerprint is not an indicator of a circulated coin, just a mishandled coin.

First set of pics show a problem free example. The second set, showing blast white surface, with some frost in the below points, make it look like it may have been dipped. This could very well be a lighting issue as well. This is why grading from images is so difficult. Grading is already an opinionated subject, grading solely by images makes it more subjective.
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the surfaces have a sort of granular haze to them that I've never seen before, and I've studied nickels more than any other denomination, it makes me think Ty2020b is correct this coin may have been dipped in some sort of cleaner in the past, or maybe the photos simply exaggerate a natural frost, unusual coins like this need to be in hand for a precise grade
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