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bry_guy New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 03/25/2011 3:38 pm I found this Nickel in my change and I think it looks to be a Near Leaf, No Shoulder Fold Mule. Can anyone tell me if it is? And how mcuh something like this might be worth given the slight rough condition. Report this Post to the Staff

Darth Anarchus Pillar of the Community United States 1388 Posts	Posted 03/25/2011 7:07 pm Not to be rude, but those pics are really distorted... Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 03/25/2011 8:05 pm Deja vu Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 4:22 pm It looks like a near leaf but to know if it is the mule we need to have a clear focused pic to verify the "I" of DEI. Hope to see clear pics. :) Report this Post to the Staff
commoncents13 Valued Member Canada 248 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 8:39 pm Hi! -bry_guy- It's hard to say anything with a picture like that,to be honest! ---It looks like a Near leaf yes, SF? ---If it's a normal 53 Near SF it's not worth anything but face value unless in MS, but give us a better picture to say better and here's a question to you? ---What makes you think it's a mule? Report this Post to the Staff
commoncents13 Valued Member Canada 248 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 8:41 pm And -bry_guy- to our site! ---May it bring you good fortune! ---You may also like to introduce yourself to the forum here http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/ Like are you from Canada or Us... add an avatar etc. Edited by commoncents13 03/27/2011 8:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bry_guy New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 01:03 am Well thanks for the welcome!! And sorry for the crappy pictures! I'm having a hard time uploading a better picture. I will have to try re-scanning because taking pictures with my digital camera don't seem to be working, they are all blurry... does anybody have suggestions? I don't know all too much about coins or coin collecting but I thought I would see what I might have because I do have a few oldre nickels. To be honest what I did is I went and got that Charlton Coin book and looked to see what nickels were worth the most and I tried to see if I had any, and I did. I actually took this nickel to a coin shop and he did say it is a NSF (no shoulder fold) Near Leaf Mule. But that it is in rough shape so I could only get 90$ for it so I was thinking I should maybe send it away to get graded? Any suggestions? 90 seemed a little low, from what I have read the near leaf mule seems very rare. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 01:15 am If you want to sell it,have it graded,you won't get top dollar for this as a raw coin. Nice find and welcome! BTW I don't believe Charlton's refers to this coin as a mule.You've obviously done some research on this coin before you posted,you're well on your way to becoming a successful collector. Edited by DBM 03/28/2011 01:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
bry_guy New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 01:19 am No don't think I want to sell it, maybe in fact get into collecting more, it's quite interesting... Whats the best way to get coins graded? The CCCS? Report this Post to the Staff
bry_guy New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 01:37 am No they don't refer to it as a mule at all. Up until a week ago I didn't even know what a mule was. after I saw the big value in the book for the 1953 nickel I just searched on here and people kept referring to a "mule" so I had to AGAIN go off and find out what a mule actually was haha... needless to say their is ALOT to know!! Report this Post to the Staff
commoncents13 Valued Member Canada 248 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 01:38 am Hey! -cladhunter13- I withdraw dumb question. ---Sorry I miss read his post I missed the (NO) of NSF in bry_guy's post as I was blurred by the image and got distracted Report this Post to the Staff
commoncents13 Valued Member Canada 248 Posts	Posted 03/28/2011 02:06 am -bry_guy- I misread your post, if it's a NSF then yes it's worthy of getting graded, but that is speculative as we have not seen any good picture of it! ---If you are looking for advice get some more opinions before sending it in and if it is, it's a good precautionary measure to document your find very well first. ---It wont cost you more than a little time to do this as I have had some experience. ---It is in somewhat rough shape, so NSF can be mistaken! I've been there with the SF/NSF question with the 54. Patience is a virtue. ---I have used CCCS and was my choice. ---If (NSF) $90 is a little low but hard to say as to it's grade. ---Suggestion find a friend with a decent digital camera and tripod would be better or someone with a good scanner to transfer an image to the site. Edited by commoncents13 03/28/2011 02:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
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