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keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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image.......................These two 1971 No "S" Proof Jefferson Nickels are listed at TeleTrade tonight. What a disaster!!!

Al H.

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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,097 ✭✭✭
    Looks like they [barely] survived a fire.

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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I say artificial toning image

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Those'll buff right up.
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  • djdilliodondjdilliodon Posts: 1,938 ✭✭
    Some AT gone wrong lol
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    .....now we know what happened to the S's image
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You mean they actually want you to spend money on those P.O.S. coins!!!!image
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    both are in old "Environmental Damage" NCS holders.
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beware of the...................

    image
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Uhhhhh, looks to me like coin number two has an S folks!

    image

    Or am I seeing things?

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  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    my hunch is that they were bought straight from the Mint, stored in an attic and forgotten for 25-30 years. then they were probably sold to a dealer when the owner passed away but the damage was done. just a hunch with no inside information.

    aside from PVC damage, i'd rank attic/basement storage as one of the causes of the highest attrition for Proof Sets/Mint Products.
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    One of the posters to this thread once wrote:

    << <i>....rushing to judgement on speculation based entirely on online pictures isn't the wisest thing to do. >>

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and your point would be what??
  • Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    Eek. That's a hole filler, ain't it?
  • 2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭
    Looks like fire damage.........
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    fire damage is another possibility but i don't think it's a botched AT attempt.
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    you should see Heritage's pics of these from last month

    that will change your mind
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    do you have a link??
  • nycounselnycounsel Posts: 1,229 ✭✭
    I can't imagine anyone wanting these in a collection.
    Dan
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    I can't find it - maybe I was wrong and it was TT a couple weeks ago
  • NotSureNotSure Posts: 2,998 ✭✭✭
    Look like they have full steps! image
    I'll come up with something.
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    I dont think i would even bend over to pick those up off the ground
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This stuff doesn't surprise me. We have folks sitting at the top of the registries who buy crap like this all the time and they actually believe they're great collectors. image


    Leo

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  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like fire damage......... >>




    image


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  • badgerbadger Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭
    Looks like an AT attempt using a charcoal grill image
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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Uhhhhh, looks to me like coin number two has an S folks!



    Or am I seeing things? >>



    You're seeing things. NCS wouldn't make a mistake like that.
  • ToneloverTonelover Posts: 1,554 ✭
    If they are in NCS Environmental Damage holders then what's the problem, other than that they are revolting looking?
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Wow, those are ugly.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Unbelievable... a couple of nicely toned nickels like those two, and all of a sudden, no one likes them. Amazing!!! The ultimate discoloration has been reached on these coins... how can you lovers of tarnish not be fighting over possession? image (Yeah, sarcasm is my favorite humor). Cheers, RickO
  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,044 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Unbelievable... a couple of nicely toned nickels like those two, and all of a sudden, no one likes them. Amazing!!! The ultimate discoloration has been reached on these coins... how can you lovers of tarnish not be fighting over possession? image (Yeah, sarcasm is my favorite humor). Cheers, RickO >>




    What I am most interested in is the RickO method of preservation for these non-silver gemsimage
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,057 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Unbelievable... a couple of nicely toned nickels like those two, and all of a sudden, no one likes them. Amazing!!! The ultimate discoloration has been reached on these coins... how can you lovers of tarnish not be fighting over possession? image (Yeah, sarcasm is my favorite humor). Cheers, RickO >>



    Yup. Nice and crusty.image

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  • StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    Maybe they're just bad photos. Some of these auction houses have been known to take less-than-flattering pics.image

    .... coin looks better in hand ....

    .... photo does not do coin justice ....

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you sure you weren't accidentally surfing TeleDreck.com image

    Gotta love NCS so if the S has rotted off from Environmental Damage it's a NO S proof image
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  • Schmitz7Schmitz7 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭
    What? No CAC sticker? These are solid for their grade. image
  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    image.........all I can say is...the pictures speak a thousand words.....!!!!.....image
    ......Larry........image
  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    Those are so nasty, even I would not accept them for my collection. Not even for my run over by a truck collection! (which is somewhat of a misnomer- I have a collection of crappy coins that I enjoy)
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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NCS????????????

    No Can See?

    Nickel Cancer Specimen?

    Nicely Covered S?

    Nice Crummy Specimen?

    OH..........I give up!!!

    Pete
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ugh. I wouldn't even want the images in my photobucket.
    Lance.
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    what this originally made me think of(past the obvious, which is that the coins look hideous) is the number of coins lost by attrition through the years. it's been discussed here before, i think back around the time of Katrina and cladking had some good input estimates. at least in that instance there was a little warning and perhaps the oppurtunity to get things to safety. fires are different, though.

    sad, very sad.
  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
    I don't think they sold, right?
  • bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭
    I've also seen a 1983 no S dime as well on TT that looked just like these two. Maybe it's related...
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