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1865 III Cent Nickel For Grading

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Disclaimer and apology: I am still learning with photos (and all things coin-related) and really struggled with this one. None of them do justice to what I see in hand (e.g., the fluting on columns is nicely visible with exception of very top on middle column). So I am taking the liberty of including multiple attempts with different lighting and camera settings, in hopes that the "parts add up to the whole!?"

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I'll guess EF. Your coin seems to be showing some Die Clashing going on as well. https://www.error-ref.com/die_clash/
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I was thinking VF30/35, but pics are a little blurry.

Somewhere (and I can't find it at the moment) there is a good thread on how take good clear coin photos. For whatever type of camera you are using, you could also search YouTube for how best to take clear close up pictures.
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Somewhere (and I can't find it at the moment) there is a good thread on how take good clear coin photos. For whatever type of camera you are using, you could also search YouTube for how best to take clear close up pictures.


Thank you, I will work on improving the pics. I had it working fairly well with larger coins (silver dollars), but this smaller size may be beyond what my cellphone camera can handle.
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first of all this series is a little more challenging to grade due to the metal composition. you are going to see weakness in strike in the hair around face as well as the bars on the reverse in a lot of cases. I look for full vertical lines if I was buying an MS coin. your photos are not that bad, you have them cropped. they can be enlarged by clicking on them to see the details. the only thing you want to watch is overhead lighting can cause glare which obscures the surfaces. but you did pretty good with that also. you're close on these.

your first photo shows the reverse the best. the upper part of the middle column was strike related more so than the other ones but they look like they have some weakness as well. otherwise the coin looks pretty good for the grade.

I'm going to say VF30 possible 35 I'm leaning more to VF35

if you are using it to fill a hold in a type set then it will work well. if you are working on a series its fine as well but I would say if you are going to build a set, do a little research on the series to understand the nuances with there.

not sure where you were looking to help you grade. heres PCGS photograde which should help.

https://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#//
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