How Would You Grade This 1908 Nickel

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jeffatNJC Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 05/09/2011 2:04 pm Could you imagine finding this Liberty nickel with a medal detector seeing the quality of this coin, then you go home to wash it off and discover this. Good bye XF and hello VG. What would you grade it Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 05/09/2011 2:25 pm XF40 Details Damaged possible green/black PVC residue. Worth less than a dollar. Nice detector find though, Just read that so I am thinking that it is verdigris and minor corrosion instead of PVC damage. Where there's one might be more. Go look for the rest at the same place. Edited by TNG 05/09/2011 2:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 05/09/2011 2:35 pm VF details, damaged. Still good as a placeholder until you find a better one. Nice metal detecting find! Report this Post to the Staff
jeffatNJC Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 05/09/2011 2:54 pm Could you imagine my reaction when I saw that large gash. [:( Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 05/09/2011 5:19 pm VF+ details Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 05/10/2011 11:28 am As you can tell by the above posts the wear of the coin is kept - VF or EF in this case, and the "details" term is used to let you know their are problems, in this case the gouge on the obverse. "Details" is used with scratches,corrosion,staining environmental damage, stuff like that. Report this Post to the Staff
jeffatNJC Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 05/10/2011 2:26 pm The gouge was so bad I didn't even put it in my album, I may put it on ebay, some fool will give me five or six dollars for it. Report this Post to the Staff
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