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That looks like a Rim mark above the( IN ) looks like it may have a milk spot also on the lower left of the gown also.

Looks close to this http://www.varietyvista.com/05 JN RPMs/1958DRPM001.htm But it has also been kicking around for 63 years

Wow , I'm sorry Bill, I will stop posting the stuff I find.................. well at least you got some really cool looking coins I like it all .I find it amazing that of all the dimes out there you picked the same year as one of the coins I keep on my desk ( yours is nicer ).Great minds think alike . Remember Bill coins are not like donuts they wont go bad or rot away.

All that loot , and that was just one of many,

I would think when Germany took over France before WWII they made off with a lot of items also.

I have a MS 64 that looks a lot worst than that one, I think you did ok after all it is a 64. She has a beauty mark or a age spot depending on you outlook in life and maybe you will find another girl to replace her one day it if it bothers you.

I would have to say I have never seen Quintus Coin Collection of Roosters But I would think it must be a bit more than a collection of Bullion coins

Well so far all the War Nickels I have gotten are MS 60 and up so I think I may wait a bit before I melt them. but thanks for the information James, and the price chart is cool to for a reference Bob thanks.

Found a nice big die crack on a 2006 LMC not that it is worth anything just cool to find. It is comparable to a 2006 DDO-002 2-O-VIII

Really cool , Thanks Mike

There is a note saying the color changed after a restrike to a more red color. Hmm.. Red Roosters

Thanks Quintus, The War nickels are kind of special to me. My dad was in WW2 and he saved these nickels there were stacks of them on a shelf up high out of reach in my house when I was little. Well when I was a kid a Coca Cola was a nickel and a large candy bar not these 3/4 candy bars was also a Nickel and a bunch of other stuff only cost a nickel ? well the stacks got smaller and my butt got redder when my dad found out they were missing

I picked up another MS 63 today.It looked like full steps but there was some missing and it has some carbon spots but still a nice coin for $8

I did pick that page for you Quintus in hopes that you would like it...I can take some more photo's and post them here if you would like to see more of those pages Quintus, remember it is a Redbook from 1968 mostly just prices and photo's

So in comparison they are very close to there marked grade I think

Almost every MS 60 through MS 68 I have seen will have some marks of one kind or another 69 and 70 are almost perfect but I have seen marks on 69 and 70s also

I stand corrected I said I don't think they are from a mint set because mint sets did not start until 1947 according to the Redbook

Thanks Quintus, During the WW2 they stopped making proof sets in 1942 and did not start again until 1950. So I don't think they are from a mint set These are War nickels stamped with a extra large Mint Mark over Monticello with 56% Copper, 35% Silver, 9% Manganese the mint had hopes to collect them back after the war and the large MM would make them more noticeable to gather up ? or so the story goes. Also all of my NGC and PCGS slab coins are MS 60 or higher

I picked up a two more war nickels today to go with my P collection . They are in Joe's Garage Holders as a 1943-P MS 63 and a 1944-P MS 60 they are in PCGS look alike holders from Coin World they even stack with a PCGS holder. The dealer is a guy that has been around forever and I think they are real close to what he graded them at I have compared them to my PCGS MS 65 and MS 66 and they look just as good. Take a look and let me know what you all think ?

Now here we have a work of ART I think could be a Van Go... Like a Van Go over this penny many times in the parking lot. I think we can get a good price for it with the Joker smile on Lincoln and on the reverse the large chicken to the right side of Lincoln on the steps is a nice extra.

This was the best looking one but it still looks more like a 63 64 65 the hair is more worn than yours. It has a nice Adams apple but my Monticello is in rough shape.

Ya Lem I may have to look again. The price drops off so fast a MS 65 is $30 not worth grading a 65 or less a MS66 is $130 it is hard to judge with all the bag contact marks it may be tough to find a 67 but I will pick the ones that I think will grade 66 or 67 and post it and see what you guys think

Ya Kurt They all look like they were swept up off the floor and put in a bag . and Full steps are so hard to find in the older Nickels here is my MS 66 and it is not quite there

Thanks Lem I had a feeling they were UNC after looking again and your MS coins look the same as the ones I have been looking at in my roll. I did find some with Die chips in the date ? looks kinda cool. I did some searching but have not found any to compare them to yet.

Now that I have been hanging around here for a while now I have learned many things about coins from many well scholared members. I think the first is don't be to quick to judge, weather it be a new coin or a new member Last winter I purchased what was labeled as a roll of uncirculated 1960-D nickels when I got home I found that they were quite beat up and looked cleaned. I put them aside saying well( live and learn ) sometimes people are not so honest at what they sell. I decided to take another look to see if I missed something and do some comparisons to some graded MS 65 and 66 nickels I now have. It seams I may have been a little premature in my evaluation. I looked at the coins and saw a bad Monticello and a worn out Jefferson thinking that the coins were well circulated not uncirculated but now I think it is more of a worn Die. and the coins have a week strike and die scratches not cleaning scratches , In comparison they look similar to the MS65 samples I have and some mint set nickels I have. Take a look and see if you think they are just a worn die and a weak strike. The war nickel is the MS65