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Rim nick

rim nick Term for a mark or indentation on the rim of a coin or other metallic numismatic item.

rim nick: same as a rim ding.
ring test: a method of determining if a coin is a cast counterfeit by tapping it with a pen or pencil. A genuine coin has a nice ring to it, like a tuning fork. A cast fake will give a dull thud.

RIM NICK
Refers to any marks or cuts into the rim or edge of a coin, usually through contact with another coin.
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Rim nick
A mark or indentation on the rim of a coin.
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Rim Nick - A minor rim nick might cause a coin to be downgraded a point or two. A severe rim nick will cause a coin not to be graded.

Synonym for a rim nick.
Rim nick
A mark or indentation on the rim of a coin.

(The Mint had experimented with close-collar strikings as early as 1820.) rim ding Slang for rim nick. rim nick Term for a mark or indentation on the rim of a coin or other metallic numismatic item.

Small obverse rim nick at 11:00 I 1857-C F-12. Struck on a problematic planchet with areas of heavy porosity surfaces burnished to hide same I 1857-S VF-35. Medium S with date well below center I 1858 AU-50. Some mint lustre remaining I 1858-S VF-30.

use what is called net grading (sometimes called value grading), which is essentially a variable grading standard based on the sharpness grade, which is the detail on the coin, and the deduction off that grade due to problems such as rim nicks, ...

Rather than calling a coin EF-45, with rim nick, the piece might be offered as a VF with no mention of the flaw. A piece that had been lightly cleaned might be reduced a full grade or more.

13. Fairfield (Breen plate coin). EF, rim nicks upper obv. (per Breen). Stephen Baer - Arthur Lamborn (duplicate) - B&R "Fairfield" 10/1977:1481, $19,000 - Kreisberg "Windsor" 11/1981:254, $19,500 ...

EF+, lightly toned aUNC, tiny rim nick on reverse VF, washed, retoning nEF, 8 pearls (see below for details) ... Grading Examples
King Edward VII's 1910 Australian coins: ...

The date usually has an average strike and surfaces that are below average because of circulation marks, die cracks, hairlines, and rim nicks.

2 : Detracting Marks: a collective term for bag marks, contact marks, abrasions, rim nicks, hairlines, scratches etc.
3 : Lustre: degree of (for silver coins).

Comment: The production of royal milled farthings began in 1672. This issue has the first style reverse (second style reverse used 1684-5). There is a die crack as the bottom of the R in CAROLVS. Also these is a small rim nick at about 2:30 o'clock.

846 PERU, Republic. 1880-B Peseta, dot next to B. One year type. KM-200.2. EF, rim nick $30
846a PHILIPPINES, Countermarked Coinage. ND 8 Reales, Crowned F7o on Lima, Peru 8 Reales of 1830. KM-83. Both coin and C/M at least VF $75 ...

other things, potash, sulfur, cyanide, iodine, and bleach); heat treating coins in any way to alter their appearance; re-matting ("skinning") proof gold; "tapping" and "spooning" (ie, physically moving surface metal to hide marks); filing rim nicks; ...

The Maple Leafs though are easily scratched and require care when handling. Scratched, dropped or dinged Maple Leafs with rim nicks can be discounted when resold.

pushes some metal into the rim of a coin, but does not affect the design or field RIM BUMP Bump or hit on rim that indents the field or touches the design of the coin, much heavier than a bruise RIM FILE Usually done to remove a rim nick or ...