1954 S Jeff - Super rainbow or AT?

davids5104 · April 8, 2019 4:27PM

Is this artificially toned? I just have not seen a lot of coins this vibrant.... what grade do you all think? the central parts look weakly struck on both sides...

Smudge · April 8, 2019 4:43PM

AT. Edit to add looks like practice on a worn coin before moving up to an uncirculated example.

TomB · April 8, 2019 4:54PM

Looks like a combination of either AT and/or photo software manipulation.

Ronyahski · April 8, 2019 4:56PM

Juiced photo

Insider2 · April 8, 2019 5:03PM

IMO, the coin is not fully struck so it will look "worn" to some folks.

Hydrant · April 8, 2019 5:07PM

I'm a Jefferson nickel nut. Fifty plus years. I've been offered coins that look like that on more times than I can remember. From dealers who know that I'm a Jefferson nickel nut. My answer is always the same. NO THANKS.

davids5104 · April 8, 2019 5:07PM

i am not good at grading coins, although I am decent at the GTG posts when i pull my book out but my book does not offer a ton of nickel examples at various grades. The person offered it to me for a hefty price and I said I was unsure if it was even mint state and not AT. I may be wrong one or both accounts, but I passed on it at the price it was offered.

cameonut2011 · April 8, 2019 5:26PM

I agree with juiced and AT.

Rooster1 · April 8, 2019 6:50PM

Do you really have to ask? It looks pretty obvious.

thefinn · April 8, 2019 7:10PM

@Smudge said:
AT. Edit to add looks like practice on a worn coin before moving up to an uncirculated example.

That's an uncirculated nickel. No broken luster, just a weak strike.

Aspie_Rocco · April 8, 2019 9:50PM

I agree with much of the above. Looks AT and uncirculated.

DIMEMAN · April 8, 2019 9:53PM

Pass!

OldEastside · April 9, 2019 3:50AM

54S Jeffs are notorious for worn dies so a MS coin can easily pass for a worn coin, as for the toning it looks to me as a blue Whitman Album toned coin, so IMO that falls under NT, but some feel that is AT

Steve