Am I missing something?

WACoinGuy

I bought this libery nickel over the weekend in California, graded MS-60 by the dealer. I was looking at this one compared to a 1911 MS-63 that he had, and I liked the look of this coin better. It seems to have great luster (doesn't really show in a scan), nice eye appeal, and no glaring bag marks. I can't tell why it would only be graded MS-60 -- am I overlooking something?

1897

MadMarty

I like it...

nwcs

May be one of those dealers who just uses MS-60 instead of BU. Probably was only saying it was uncirculated.

ksteelheader

Looks great to me! Ken

coinguy1

With my usual disclaimer that no one can grade accurately from images - it looks as if it might have slight wear on it - I'm looking at the base of the neck and in Liberty's hair on the obverse and on the "V" and the stalk on the reverse. My best guess is high-grade A.U.

paigowjohnny

If you paid no more than 60 money for it, you won big. Based on the picture, that's a winner !!!

eagle7

Ditto!

lathmach

The ding on top of the nose is the only thing I find distracting. A nice coin.

Ray

WACoinGuy

Yeah -- I wasn't even aware of the scratch on the nose until I had scanned the coin in. I didn't even notice it under 5x magnification at the store.

Dog97

ooooo.....ooooooo....a 97.......
It looks rather weakly struck and the surfaces look less than pristine. The hit on the nose and the V hurts. The light colored areas around the stars & other devices as compared with the darker color of the rest of the fields and the brown rev streak leads me to think it may have been chemically cleaned and a slider BU as well.

Cam40

Wow.The things yall can see from a scan.
It looks great to me.As in Ch BU.If I didnt know better I,d call it a 64.
Very few contact marks.Color seems natural and overall quite clean.
Cleaned? Maybe but no harshly from what I can tell.
Am I also missing `it`?

I have an `83 no cents that looks very BU also.In fact I think I might have a Proof and not know it.
The fields are nearly mirrored and the devices seem lightly cameo.
My current pics suck so I may re-shoot them for disscussion.