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Help Grade This 1944 Victory Nickel

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 Posted 12/06/2023  05:42 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add viper to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Playing with my camera this morning and I would appreciate your opinion on the grade of this 1944 Victory Nickel and ways I could improve on the pictures. This Nickel has all the luster but it is hard to capture. Here are 4 photos of the same coin.
Thanks for your opinion!

MG



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 Posted 12/06/2023  05:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Silver101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mint state for sure - tough to put a sheldon score on it but easily MS-64. Possibly higher? Caveat, I have relatively little experience with this series and with nickel in general.
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 Posted 12/06/2023  06:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add doubleeagle59 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
text book 64.
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 Posted 12/06/2023  07:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very good photos! I'm thinking MS64+, could achieve MS65.
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 Posted 12/06/2023  07:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd say easy MS-65.
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 Posted 12/06/2023  08:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add okiecoiner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You have a winner, at least 64.
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 Posted 12/06/2023  10:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm in at MS65
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 Posted 12/06/2023  11:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add johnnysprawl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
At least MS65, possibly 66
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 Posted 12/06/2023  6:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Levaril to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think at least 65 as well and think a case could be made for 66. Cheek and eyebrow both look like a touch of wear but I think it's just planchet. Great pics!
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 Posted 12/06/2023  7:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS-65. Nice photos.
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Nice coin. Probably MS-65.
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4-5 distracting marks keep it to MS64 max for me.
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 Posted 12/07/2023  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TerryT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great pictures, they show details well and are excellent for details, but since you asked, I suggest you try taking photos at an angle also, which will help show the lustre.
(other posters for grading take note)- Most single dead-on photos posted for grading aren't anywhere near as good, and we usually need multiple angles to determine a grade.
Here are 2 examples that look extremely different depending on the angle of the camera or light.

Dead-on on photos can hide a lot.

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This one was going in the damaged/junk bag until I tilted it.

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 Posted 12/07/2023  1:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sharks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
viper That is one beautiful 1944 Victory nickel. I would say MS-64+, appears to have a few rim and obverse nicks. Would love to have it in my collection.
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 Posted 12/08/2023  11:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maine Member to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin and excellent photos Viper. I think it would be at least MS 63. We used to vacation in Canada in the 60's and I would always take any of the V nickels that I found back home with me. (Also a lot of silver).
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