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My first Liberty Nickel

HadleydogHadleydog Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭
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I have admired this piece for a while, and jumped on it when it recently became available.
Thanks coinlieutenant for a very cool coin!imageimageimage

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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭
    Wow H-Dog. That is a really nice looking Liberty nickel. Thanks for the photo.
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  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    Wow, wonderful colors. Very unusual for a Liberty nickel.
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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bruce,

    I am very glad that you like the coin!! It is a beauty!!

    vr.,
    John

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  • joecooljoecool Posts: 527
    Very nice coin.....


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  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    schweet...
    I like Liberty nickels...a very underappreciated series. I'm about 4 coins away from finishing my circ set...the 85 will be the death of meimage
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    That's really awesome color. Even without the color, it's a great coin. MS65? 66?


    Lucky dog!


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  • WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
    Very colorful!
  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,524 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dynamite nickel, my friend. I’m glad you pulled the trigger. Just flat nice.image

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  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    It's an amazing coin and would grade higher were it not for a slightly soft strike.
    I once owned that coin (I took those pictures) and I still miss it.
    Only the very special coins will do that to you.
  • FullHornFullHorn Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I knew that was WWW's pic.image nice nickel with color that isnt often seen on these, whats the holder say?
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holder says 64..

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  • BurritoGrandeBurritoGrande Posts: 177
    That is fantastic, wow!!!
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  • kamehameha00kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
    Nice Liberty Nickel!I sure do wish my first one looked like that!image
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    That's a nice coin!
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  • nOoBiEeEnOoBiEeE Posts: 1,011 ✭✭
    Very nice. Colors are amazing image
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  • MyriadsMyriads Posts: 243
    Very Nice! Congratulations on your First Liberty Nickel! Hopefully there will be many more to come!

    Myriads
  • ultradmpldollarsultradmpldollars Posts: 899 ✭
    I sold a Liberty Nickel at the last show I was at with colors like that...Maybe a little less vibrant than yours...They sure are pretty.. Nice coin! Im guessing it is in an NGC holder..
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Nice ... and I didn't think anything could make one of those attractive. image
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  • HadleydogHadleydog Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for all the nice coments! This coin resides in an NGC ms64 holder, and as WWW states probably would have graded higher except for the slightly soft strike on the right obverse......you can see from the pics that the stars are flat.
    Thanks again, John! image
  • EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    Very nice coin. Hopefully this is a type coin for you because completing a matched set may be near impossible.

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  • ealandgealandg Posts: 705
    I love it. Very pretty.
  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭
    Can someone please explain "toning" to me? Back when I started collecting, people would call such coins "tarnished", and they would lose their numismatic value. Is "toning" just a way to create a market for otherwise damaged coins?image

    After all, there used to be the concern about putting coins in plastic holders or certain whitman-type cardboard folders, lest their chemical interract with the coin to "tarnish" them - - yet these processes and others seem to be exactly what some people are using to TRY to achieve such results!
  • ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
    DBS: Good toning CAN increase the value of the coin exponentially. And what a nice coin this is!



    << <i>After all, there used to be the concern about putting coins in plastic holders or certain whitman-type cardboard folders, lest their chemical interract with the coin to "tarnish" them - - yet these processes and others seem to be exactly what some people are using to TRY to achieve such results! >>



    People (well, most people) don't MAKE their coins tone; it takes years and years for a coin to naturally tone unless the process is artificially accelerated by chemicals, etc. But when it's resided in a paper roll or album or something for many years the toning happens naturally.
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  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree that many of the coins displayed on peoples' posts are quite attractive, but I was just curious about the process and when it became such a hot item. Thanks for the info!

    - - Daveimage
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin looks familiar. I've seen it here before.


    (Oh. I just read the part about WWW's picture. Makes sense, now.)

    That's your first Liberty nickel? Geez, most people have had a well-worn Good or two before they take the plunge into somethin' that nice!

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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    That 1902 Lib is flat out amazing. I had one with wild reverse toning that I sold about a month ago. Check it out.

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