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Grade this uncirculated buffalo nikel

BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Grade the obverse of this ms66 1913 type one buffalo nickel yourself. Anyone agree with this as a 66? ( Sorry I misspelled nickel in the title.)

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  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    might as well look at the reverse too

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    66??? No way!
  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MS63
  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    65-
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not seeing a 66

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  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was thinking ms63 myself. makes me wonder if someone sneezed on this piece during the grading process. Or perhaps mishandled it?
    Anyway something went wrong during the grading process. How about an out and out clerical error, where the person creating the
    insert just made a mistake. Bet the submitter must have been surprised and pleased.
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I saw a 64 T1 in a rattler holder this weekend that looked better than this one...

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  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll guess 63
  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    63

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definitely not a 66....I agree with 63....Cheers, RickO
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Classic weak strike MS63 to me. But I grade old school.
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  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @! A very nice coin with tons of flash and luster! There are no noted marks or hits of any kind! This coin has tons of eye appeal with great surfaces! A very beautiful coin! It is original with some light golden toning, and a strong strike. ....... and Gem Coin in every way! This coin would make a welcome addition to a high grade set."

    (above comments went for the listing for this coin on fleabay.)

    Guess this just goes to show the overall vageries of the 11 point mint state grading system
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  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a 63 in my opinion
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  • zas107zas107 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭
    My Guess is this is a nickel that was dipped prior to grading, probably looked fantastic, but wasn't neutralized properly and turned in the holder. Alternatively if it resides in a rattler holder, its possible some water got inside.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coins like this are a bit disturbing - I mean one tends to lose just a bit of faith in the graders with such as this getting through. I had one graded "58" that looked better to all I showed, not just me.
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  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    You guys are being too hard on this coin. Maybe not everyone's 66, but 63? Ouch.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No way a 66. It's ugly as all hell too.
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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup it's a woof for sure. And my opinion 63 would be a gift.
  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    64-65 probably 65
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  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a soft strike for a 1913. If I saw it raw, I'd give it a 63.

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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭
    64, shot 65...
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would have figured 65, with a shot to 66 as it's clean enough. Would like more blast for a 66 but it looks gem to me. Maybe those green spots showed up after it was last graded.



    On a rough day at the TPG maybe it comes back 63, 64. On a good day 65, 66.
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