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Oh Canada, Oh, cherrypick........... What is it worth? EDIT: Pictures of all key points

TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
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Guys and Gals, I bought 71 rolls of circulated 1937-1961 Canadian nickels. 3 winners 1 1943 and 1944 "no rust MS-64ish" V nickels, but in a roll of 1953's I found a NSF Near Maple Leaf in XF! My 2009 Charlton book shows her at $475 for that grade (my grading may be off, she may be VF-30-35), but say she is XF-40, un-cleaned, no rust or crust what is she worth is USD? Are these tough or no? I had 5 rolls of VF and XF 1948 nickels and it still blows me away that with a mintage of 1.8 million they are only worth a few bucks! Uh, most US coins with that mintage's are keys or high end semi-keys! Also I have a GEM BU roll of 1963 that were in foil lined paper wrapper and I would seriously put them at MS-67++. I will get picks so you can grade the 1953 and tell me if the 1963 are PL or worth sending in!

Thanks,

Jeff

EDIT: Pictures- I know I suck, but did my best and that Chromium sure is shiny and reflective! Would she grade and thoughts?


Obverse Shot: light scratch from head to bust, light but not sure if it would stop it from grading? The plating of Chromium shows every little scratch and nick, uggg.

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Reverse Shot: Reverse is clean, no real scratches or anything

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DEI Shot: I is clearly the NSF, flared

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Maple Leaf Shot: Clearly a NML (Near Maple Leaf)

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Comments

  • sylsyl Posts: 972 ✭✭✭
    Is the '53 a shoulder-fold or no shoulder-fold? It makes a huge difference, so you have to make sure that it's correct, as well as the near/far. Charlton made some mistakes in their photos from time to time and edition to edition about them ... the NSF's will have flared ends on the I's; the SF's will have straight sides. Current Trends for VF-20 is $750 and XF-40 is $1100 in Candian $$ (which is worth 2% more than the US dollar). Since you can buy most coins up here for 50-70% of Trends, you can get an idea of what it would be worth. If it's the scarce one, get it certified by PCGS and look on Ebay for completed auctions to see what they actually sold for. Nice find
  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    It is the flared I and maple leaf close. Rolls and rolls of flare I and far ML and rolls and rolls of straight I with close ML ( no straight I, far ML). It is the variety and it is VF/XF
  • tacynneptacynnep Posts: 126 ✭
    Looks good to me. Nice coin, will sell for full trend value. Most of time. Keep looking :-)
  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    I was hoping to find a SF far maple leaf to go with her, but luckimage
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