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Grade opinion please.....1915 5c.

DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭

Any comments would be appreciated........................


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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS62 IMO.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hard to tell about the luster, etc. Would be better to have some different angles.

    I see rub on the hip, probably the tail and horn also - though hard to tell in those flat photos. Also looks like a rub on the cheek and brow of the obverse as well as the braids.

    I'm going with some flavor of AU

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,116 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU58.

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55 to 58

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  • Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    au55

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,691 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU55

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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU'ish and lightly wiped.

  • jclovescoinsjclovescoins Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU for sure....definitely not UNC

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am in the AU group.

  • VetterVetter Posts: 915 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just a really nice AU coin

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  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks AU55 at best.

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  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU to me

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU58, I believe the rub on the hipbone, thigh and tail along with horn to be prevalent, but not yet distracting.
    Jim


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  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Choice AU

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  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Solid AU 58. Nice coin!

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I guess I'm the only one here who thinks this is a Mint state coin.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU, looks lightly cleaned to me.

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,308 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55


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  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first thought was nice AU58. I wouldn't be surprised to see it in a 63 holder. It is a nice looking buff.

  • ModwriterModwriter Posts: 330 ✭✭✭

    AU58 or MS60.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    I guess I'm the only one here who thinks this is a Mint state coin.

    While Ron is far more educated on the Buffalo Nickel than I am, I may say that many coins in the early years of the 1900's were stored in coin cabinets for long periods of time and usually face up. There exists a wear attributed to shelf wear while stored in trays, drawers or shelves of which many were velvet lined and there was a very small amount of wear associated with this storage method. The fact that this 1915 Buffalo Nickel shows only high points wear on the reverse might very well be this type of wear allowing the coin to still be uncirculated. If wear was to be consistent with circulation there should be equal or close wear on the obverse as well and, at least to me, it does not, which may account for an uncirculated designation. 1915 year date Buffaloes came very well struck and wear is usually easily noticed.
    Again, this is just my opinion.
    Jim


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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,870 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 13, 2021 3:02AM

    @jesbroken said:

    @koynekwest said:
    I guess I'm the only one here who thinks this is a Mint state coin.

    While Ron is far more educated on the Buffalo Nickel than I am, I may say that many coins in the early years of the 1900's were stored in coin cabinets for long periods of time and usually face up. There exists a wear attributed to shelf wear while stored in trays, drawers or shelves of which many were velvet lined and there was a very small amount of wear associated with this storage method. The fact that this 1915 Buffalo Nickel shows only high points wear on the reverse might very well be this type of wear allowing the coin to still be uncirculated. If wear was to be consistent with circulation there should be equal or close wear on the obverse as well and, at least to me, it does not, which may account for an uncirculated designation. 1915 year date Buffaloes came very well struck and wear is usually easily noticed.
    Again, this is just my opinion.
    Jim

    I see what appears to be very light wear on the obverse, too - note Indian’s brow, cheek and portions of hair. The coin looks AU58 to me.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have seen coins with more wear than this one slabbed as Mint state pieces. But maybe my old, tired eyes are failing me.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    I have seen coins with more wear than this one slabbed as Mint state pieces. But maybe my old, tired eyes are failing me.

    Even if you have, you seem to be describing pieces that weren't really mint state. And therefore, shouldn't have been graded as such.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Another pin added to your voodoo doll. I also think it's AU! o:)

    @koynekwest said:
    I guess I'm the only one here who thinks this is a Mint state coin.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a nice AU58 coin to me.....Some very light wear visible on both sides. Cheers, RickO

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it at 55.

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭✭✭

    slider 58.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @koynekwest said:
    I have seen coins with more wear than this one slabbed as Mint state pieces. But maybe my old, tired eyes are failing me.

    Even if you have, you seem to be describing pieces that weren't really mint state. And therefore, shouldn't have been graded as such.

    That happens fairly frequently.

  • Black.DiamondBlack.Diamond Posts: 127 ✭✭✭

    Looks like AU58 to me.

  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Au55

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,870 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 13, 2021 11:17AM

    @koynekwest said:

    @MFeld said:

    @koynekwest said:
    I have seen coins with more wear than this one slabbed as Mint state pieces. But maybe my old, tired eyes are failing me.

    Even if you have, you seem to be describing pieces that weren't really mint state. And therefore, shouldn't have been graded as such.

    That happens fairly frequently.

    I don't doubt it. But as for myself, it wouldn't cause me to grade a coin unc. if I felt it were AU.

    I'm not saying the coin couldn't grade unc., but rather, to me, it looks AU58. And as you know, in many cases, there's not necessarily much difference between a 58 and a 62.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 13, 2021 12:12PM

    So true. And I most certainly disagree with any coin with wear graded as Mint state anything. But it is what it is.

  • ModwriterModwriter Posts: 330 ✭✭✭

    MINT-AN OBJECT IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AS IN NEW
    STATE- the particular condition that something is in at a specific time.

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