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    1951 s Black Beauty

    I have sent in this coin to ANACS . I believe it to be a Black Beauty OBV&REV . Weight is 4.80 grams . The arrows are pointing to a darker line around the edge of coin . The oldest date of these I could find was a 1958 . nickle errors 1t54 027.jpg
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    Sorry this is not an example of a black beauty nickel , the Black beauty nickel were found in 1959 issues. Due to poor mixture of the medal as well as how the medal was annealed. As a nickel and variety collector, I know of no other dates where this occurs . Some confusion does occur as some 1964 proofs do tend to tone black and some were also called "black beauty's. The color and texture of the skin on your specimen is no where near the same as a true 1959 Black Beauty nickel. From your images I say environmental damage,or from normal circulation . A nickel of this time period would show the same dark coloring if it passed through a human digestive system due to stomach acid. Had there been other dates other than the 1959 there would be several more reported as the mintage's during this time periods were quite high. The 1951 nickel had a mintage of over 28,500,000 coins.
    Last edited by Paddy54; 08-14-2015, 07:54 PM.
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      Thank you for you reply . I was in hopes it was an early date Black Beauty .The line going around the edge where the arrows are pointing was kinda odd . I have sent 5 coins to ANACS for grading and verification and so far I believe I should have done my homework to find more information on them . I am learning though thanks to CONECA forums . I wanted to send Bill Fivaz some coins for attribution service but I never got a reply from my email I sent him . I guess he's busy with Errorrama coming up .
      Last edited by Jamez; 08-16-2015, 12:05 PM.

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        I live in Michigan and what I try to do is, go to local coin shows when Ken going to be there . Even if its only once or twice a year, this way I keep the cost down ..

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          Originally posted by Dennis View Post
          Thank you for you reply . I was in hopes it was an early date Black Beauty .The line going around the edge where the arrows are pointing was kinda odd . I have sent 5 coins to ANACS for grading and verification and so far I believe I should have done my homework to find more information on them . I am learning though thanks to CONECA forums . I wanted to send Bill Fivaz some coins for attribution service but I never got a reply from my email I sent him . I guess he's busy with Errorrama coming up .

          Bill has been busy with the ANA show and a family tragedy.. Please give him some time to respond.
          Proud Member: CONECA, TEC, HVNS, NS, ANA

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            Thank you . I understand family tragedy 5 years ago life was great for me . Loosing family My DAD and friends my Boss my Grandparents and 2 months ago my beloved beagle fishing buddy passed away . There's a weight on these shoulders to move forward for sure . Ill try to have patience maybe I can catch him at the Springfield Mo showing in October 50 miles away from me .
            Last edited by Dennis; 08-16-2015, 07:46 PM.

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            • #7
              I agree with this being environmental damage -- a dirt coin or similar.
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                Thank you . I am up to 4 coins now that I have sent to ANACS that I should have done more homework on . Searching the web and not finding answers is frustrating . Thank s to joining CONECA forums you guys have helped answer questions . I have more oddities I will be posting .My Avatar pic is a 1864 2 c the obv looks fine the Rev looks grease filled and distorted .

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                • #9
                  Just got my coins back from ANACS they graded this 1951 S Nickel as Grade 40 with no comment as to why its black in color . I will chalk it up as environmental damage or digestive acid .

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