Proof Like?

CRHer700

I am wondering whether this 1968-D nickel is PL or not. Any input is helpful. For reference, it is just as mirror like as any slightly circulated proof that I have found.

AlanSki

I’m not seeing it.

Tom147

I agree with AlanSki

JBK

I agree with Tom147.

Steven59

I agree with JBK

AlanSki

I concur with the 3 of you.

may

I agree with the above post.

lsica

I see the luster, but it looks more to me like someone polished it. I don't see the hairlines that a coin with a proof like surface would have had even after the shortest time in circulation

OAKSTAR

@Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
I agree with the above post.

NickelMike

Circulated then polished.

johnny9434

I'm in that mess somewhere
To bad it's such a mess

leothelyon

It isn't easy to photograph the mirrors on a coin. Here's a PL 1970-D to help/compare your coin to at your end. There are several stages of PL a coin can have. Full PL, PL, Semi PL or SPL, and lastly, a more humorous notation, About SPL or ASPL. Just as there are different stages of a proof coin; regular, cameo and dcam, there are also several notations that are used to describe the different stages/die states (DS) or the condition of the working dies that were used in the making, stamping of a coin; VW for very weak DS or VWDS to VEDS (very early die state).
Determining what stage of PL your coin may have, you have to make that decision on your own by comparing it to other coins with possible PL fields. There are no cgc (coin grading companies) out there to sort them out for you. They also don't care about the degree of details a coin should have when they give out MS grades of 65 to 68. A collector has to sort them out on his own whenever it becomes possible locating other coins with PL fields to compare with. Only than will you be able to say what you have. In my almost 34 years collecting Jefferson nickels, I have accumulated an impressive 150 examples with varying levels of PL fields. Your most lustrous coins are PL.

LEO