Delicate pinkish-silver iridescence adorns highly lustrous, satin-textured surfaces. A smooth and inviting Gem that also offers razor sharp striking detail over all devices save for a few of the obverse stars. The 1890 is rarer in the finest Mint State grades than a respectable mintage of 16,256,532 circulation strikes might imply, the issue largely overlooked by contemporary collectors caught up in the economic downturn of the era. A significant find in premium MS-66+, therefore, the coin offered here also sports an uncommonly full strike for an issue that typically comes quite soft overall. All in all, it is difficult for us to imagine a more attractive or desirable Mint State 1890 nickel.,PCGS# 3851. NGC ID: 22PM.,PCGS Population: just 6; with a single MS-67 finer.,