My $.02..
No relevance at all, they grade on the amount of contact marks, scratches, abrasions, and strike flaws. Spots could influence the grader to downgrade on occasion.
The ASE’s that Dave and E1 mention above were graded with Zero spots, not one. The spots they are referring to had developed post grade/encapsulation leading E1 to never by them again. I won’t either with the exception of bullion.

Sorry VinnieC, I was confused as to which photo.
When I click near the chad/flake on the second photo it zooms in great.
I see a thin gold flake positioned on its edge and stuck there. Almost as if the high heat from the third strike had knocked the debris loose, and it fused itself in place? Possibly some built up gold debris accumulated onto the die, especially near the rim where a lot of pressure/squishing/finning occurs. If you could just touch it with a pick it might break free and fall away!? There are smaller flakes spread around and fused to the fields as well. This is all speculation on my part as to what I’m seeing & thinking is going on with that coin.

Rick
I was referring to the second picture where you pointed out the chad at top of “A” of “STATES”. From the picture I thought the defect like incuse, but I can’t be sure. When you said spot in your reply, I get the impression you are referring to the first picture with the spot near near the “M”.
It just comes back to it being hard for me to recognize a 70 vs a 69 or lower. I have not over submitted any of US Mint purchases to a TPG because I don’t know how to pre-screen a coin. I wouldn’t be as much motivated to encapsulate a 69 and an infrequent 67 or 68.

JQC, great to hear from you My Friend! You have been missed! I’d like to say that I’m very sorry for the loss of your MIL.!! My MIL is going to be 93 this October and by golly, Lord willing, she still has many years ahead of herself! I think she’d only been to a dr a few times till the past 5 years! She’s a Nebraskan and those gals are tough! I’ve told My Wife that I wouldn’t be surprised if she outlived both of us, lol! Sadly tho, no matter how you seem, we can all pass on at anytime. I swear, the guys with “one foot in the grave and one foot on a banana peel” seem to outlive the healthy fellows. Back to Coins!!!!

I’ve seen pre ‘64 silver coins going for 40x face! I can’t believe how the value has exploded on Silver coinage! Unfortunately, the only silver coinage I have are a bunch of silver Proof sets and silver quarter sets, most from 2011. I bought them in 2011 when silver was on a roll upwards. I just wish I had bought them in 2012, for the Kennedy!! I’ve probably got 50 silver Proof sets from 2011 and the same for the silver quarter sets that were sold separately. I “missed it by that much”!! Oh well, they are worth a bit of money (Silver Melt) probably more in melt than what I could get for a set! I saw a 2011 Silver proof set go for approx $14 and change in an auction!!!

Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!!

Kaiser,

True, I just want the proof silver half. Focused and specific – that’s me.

E1

I just hold nickels for now. You can trade them later–no melting needed. Gresham’s law(Copper wise)..
Every loose nickel goes into a jar, separate Ag, etc. Every roll/box goes goes in the basement. 8 boxes & counting(unsearched)…Someday, as Tony@GA is screamin–there’s going to be a composition change, guaranteed.

Those High End Silver Eagles, it’s hard to not feel your pain & frustration in just looking at them.
It’s no wonder you stopped your Registry set…
You had no choice. Talk about killing your enthusiasm on those.
If a new article pops up, and ‘if’ you post a “V” report. I’ll add in an update on the mysterious NGC “First Releases” Extra V story. If no report, I’ll update anyway! Thanks for a couple of thumbs up!

20xface to sell my friend….if you try a little

Callie, the 50 D was a hot item from day one. Multiple rolls were saved, there are tons of the 50 D Jefferson nickels AND roll$ available. The price has never tookto the height over the years. A nice 1939D or Silver FS nickel is a much better fit. I picked up $10-$20 in nickels every time I go to the bank., with melting 5em illegal not sure what I’m gonna do with them?