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Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 11:48 am Hello, What are yours thoughts on a grade for this Dhield Nickel? Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36558 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 11:49 am Luster is a bit weak, so AU-55. Nice type coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73679 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 11:51 am I'm thinking AU as well. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18635 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 1:18 pm if the coin has this dull gray look in hand then AU details (cleaned) Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 1:20 pm I would also say AU55 but this coin has an exceptional strike. Most have areas of weakness as the metal is harder than silver and the dies were not hard enough to handle the hardness of the planchets. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
CoinForMe Pillar of the Community United States 2115 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 2:30 pm I'll go with the AU details - Cleaned Report this Post to the Staff
mikev50 Pillar of the Community United States 1865 Posts	Posted 01/25/2026 7:46 pm variety 901--broken "c" in cent--nice coin-- Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18635 Posts	Posted 01/26/2026 08:41 am i was wondering about that mikev50. I thought it might have been an erroneous hit. Report this Post to the Staff
Mrhakfbacon Pillar of the Community United States 563 Posts	Posted 01/26/2026 08:54 am Looks about AU- might've been cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 01/26/2026 2:13 pm Thanks for the feedback. Report this Post to the Staff
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