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There were a few coins in PCGS slabs in the Fred Weinberg collection that sold on Heritage that referenced high and low mintmark placement, including a 1973-D nickel with a low mintmark: Heritage lin… (View Post)

They note it as counterfeit on their insert. I would grade the OPs coin Fine-12, though if you could grade these on a curve, it's probably got XF wear. The nicest example fresh off the dies like… (View Post)

Read through all of this thread to say exactly this. This coin circulated for a long time after those scratches were made, and the subsequent wear acted to mask the damage that initially caused them.… (View Post)

Considering they came off the dies with around VF detail, your grade is probably technically correct, but I have never seen an IGC graded example higher than Fine. Sean Reynolds (View Post)

One other thing you can do, in addition to jonathan's suggestions, is to weigh the coin. It is not definitive, if the surface was mechanically damaged after the strike it will still weigh out, b… (View Post)