Would this go FS? what would the grade be?

eyoung429

I have this 1957 nickle that I purchased from a fellow forum member and I am curious if it will grade high enough and with full steps.


Excuse the photos please....I am still working with a chisel and stone.

ccrdragon

is this a proof?

eyoung429

I believe that it is. but not sure.

kieferscoins

PCGS and NGC don't designate FS on proofs since most of them are FS.

Cameron Kiefer

Numismanic

Looks like a proof, and would not get the FS designation if sent to PCGS or NGC. Proofs
typically are well struck, but not always.

eyoung429

This came in a little envelope with an aluminum phili shield in blue........Do proofs only come in the hard plastic?

pharmer

It's obviously fs, but also looks proof.

keets

it doesn't look like a proof, it is a proof.

al h.

eyoung429

Here is the set that this coin came from.

GoYankees

If it's a proof, and it looks like it is, only ANACS gives 5, 5.5, or 6 FS designations for proof coins. Since it's not a CAM, I'd send it to ANACS and get a 6FS designation if you are so inclined to slab it.

JMHO

eyoung429

Don't proofs only come in hard plastic displays? This one came from the plastic bubbles in an envelope.

Numismanic

<< <i>Don't proofs only come in hard plastic displays? This one came from the plastic bubbles in an envelope. >>



Proof sets came in cello from 1955 thru 1964. The hard cases didn't start until proof sets resumed in 1968.

eyoung429

ok, so how does one tell them apart?

Numismanic

<< <i>ok, so how does one tell them apart? >>



Mint sets came in cardboard holders up until 1958, in 1959 the mint packaged mint sets in
cello, except from 1965 to 1967, when no proof or mint sets were made, instead the mint
made special mint sets. Mint sets will have examples of both P & D coins, whereas proof sets
only have coins minted at Philadelphia. Proof coins are usally distinguised by the mirror finish
on the coins. Mint set coins, which are business strikes rarely display a mirror finish on the coins,
and when they do are referred to as prooflike.