1941 S Nickel. Not As Good As I Had Hoped. What Do You Think In Terms Of Grading? :( - Page 2

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Newherehavingfun Valued Member United States 190 Posts	Posted 04/13/2022 3:01 pm Quote: 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. Thanks for the clarity. Wow. To me it looks like heavy wear, due to my inexperience. So this is very helpful. I wish I could get better pics but with my phone it's impossible. Under the 2x2 it looked so beautiful. If it's been dipped then is its value degraded? I know not to clean coins and that would make the seller a total fraud. Ugh. A lot to learn! The first images were taken in daylight, the second were under various light sources, one being aimed directly at the coin. So, it's hard to tell but I understand what you're saying. Thanks so much. Report this Post to the Staff
Newherehavingfun Valued Member United States 190 Posts	Posted 04/13/2022 3:06 pm Quote: 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 Thank you. It's so costly to grade, my original intent before asking in the forum was to send it in, but now I am not so sure. I will check prices at ANACS to see but I certainly don't want to waste more money on a coin that's been cleaned lol. Did you see the same haze in both sets of photos? Thank you very much. Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 04/13/2022 7:20 pm not worth pro grading IMO the original photos show a bit of haze too, which pair of photos comes closest to the coin's appearance while in hand? Report this Post to the Staff
Newherehavingfun Valued Member United States 190 Posts	Posted 04/13/2022 11:34 pm Quote: not worth pro grading IMO the original photos show a bit of haze too, which pair of photos comes closest to the coin's appearance while in hand? To be honest, neither. Which doesn't help any of us. To the eye it looks really nice and superbly shiny and lustrous. More like it does behind the 2x2. (Included below) Without magnification it looks pretty great. Report this Post to the Staff
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