Help with Jeff?

Prometheus183

I know I said I'm not into modern dates, but recently I've aquired some spankin' nice examples that's starting to make me reconsider my snooty attitude toward later daters. In fact, the more I look at them, the more I enjoy looking at them.
Anyway, the Jeff in question is this 87-P. It came in a mint sealed cello. I know the scans aren't the greatest (don't have a dig. cam. yet), but wondered if anyone could offer a grade oppinion. The tiny marks that look like scratches are in the cello. The small diag. mark in the cheek and the one just right of the far left column on the reverse are in the coin itself.
I also included a scan of the piece that came sealed in the same cello, but separated from the Jeff. I know many of you have seen these, but I never have. What is it?

coppercoins

You'd have to at least take the coin out of the plastic before I could render any sort of opinion...trying to grade a scan taken through plastic is like trying to read a road sign in the dark through thick fog.

Cam40

MS63 ...tops.

wjd283

I agree that you can't get an accurate grade through plastic.
The bottom is a mint set medallion made from penny planchets with the teasury seal that is also on currency.

cladking

It looks like a lot of chatter on the portrait but if it's really clean except for the two scratches
then it might go MS-64, and 65 isn't out of the question. Can't tell for certain but it looks just
short of 6 FS because of weakness under the third column. It's a fairly nice specimen with a
very nice reverse. There seems to be just a hint of PL to the reverse which isn't extremely un-
common on this date.

The mint token you picture was included in each regular mint set packet on sets made between
1984 and 1998 and also was included with 1999 SBA's. There are two types; one for Philly and
one for Denver. They are struck on standard cent blanks. Despite many years of looking I've
yet to see one struck on a cent, clashed with a cent die, muled, etc.

Shamika

The cellophane makes it difficult to grade, but I'd guess MS64.

tgilliams

tough with cello, strong 64FS, possibly 65FS. take out of cello and take some more pics. then you can get a much better idea of grade.