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1893 V Nickel Double Struck?

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 Posted 03/01/2023  09:34 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add chirrrs to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
So I have this 1893 V nickel that shows some odd details around the denticles, especially on the reverse. This coin looks like it may have been a high AU or even MS before a harsh cleaning to remove some corrosion. That's too bad, because it looks like it would have been pretty nice if left alone or conserved professionally.

In the pictures below, you can see a split running the circumference of the denticles that as it gets worse appears to show doubling. Does anyone agree or disagree with that assessment?

I realize that my photography skills are still lacking, but based on these low quality images and the knowledge that it has been cleaned, what would this be worth? Straight grade greysheet values are about as follows: XF45 - $60, AU50 - $80, AU55 - $90. I've been offered $40 for it, so I'm thinking of letting it go for that as long as it's not some variety that ends up being much more valuable even in a cleaned state. It's a problem coin, but it looks good in a Dansco. I don't really like putting high dollar coins in albums where the slides can brush up against the surfaces of the coins, so that's why I was hanging on to this one.

Thanks!


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 Posted 03/01/2023  11:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thecoinguy1964 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
All I see is a coin with enviromental damage, that has been harshly cleaned.
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 Posted 03/01/2023  12:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The rim finning with breaks and rim Cuds starting to form is indicative of a late die state / worn dies, not a variety and definitely not double struck

Coin appears to have extensive acid damage or other environmental damage in addition to the harsh scrubbing. A shame, because it was probably a nice AU before the damage. Perhaps it was a dug coin (detector find) that sat in the ground for many years and someone tried to clean it up.

Not much numismatic value as there is little interest in these sort of coins, even with strong details remaining. It's not a key date or a rare coin. If someone offered me $5 for it, they wouldn't have to ask me twice.
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 Posted 03/01/2023  12:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not seeing a double strike.
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Not double struck. Take the $40!
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Take the money and run.
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Yes, take the 40 bucks.
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 Posted 03/07/2023  2:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can't see any doubling. Not a coin I'd pay $40 for.
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take the money and run.
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