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Valued Member
United States
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Edited by Emaroots23 Yesterday 5:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Quote: am I correct in saying Full Steps? No, definitely not full steps. To earn a FS designation, each of the steps must be complete without any circulation hits cutting across them. As for the sideways images, I think that it is a result of how you held the phone when taking the pictures. 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 Too many dings and scratches for full steps.
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Moderator
 United States
101445 Posts |
yep, too many hits and dings interrupting the steps (especially the large one near the top)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not FS. The stairs can't have hits.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7172 Posts |
Your second (loaded) photo shows a break in the steps, just above the E in Monticello. As far as sideways pictures go, I always crop my photos if even by just a tiny bit. That seems to stop the sideway spin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Quite close to full steps, but that big knock on the top step is enough to disqualify it.
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Moderator
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15685 Posts |
Agree, not full steps. Way too many circulation hits across the steps.
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Moderator
 United States
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I agree with the group. Also, if you crop your images square before uploading them, they should present correctly.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Problem...just like all company grading, the FS designation depends on things like how good the coffee in the office is the day they see the coin ie. there is no legitimate standard, just a rough idea they do/don't use. This means the designation is not written in stone and varies despite stated standards on the company websites. Look at the following that coop posted elsewhere on this forum for this very reason...education about what FS is. Study the following and decide for yourself which are FS slabbed nickels. The answer is below so you can choose to peek or not before you figure it out People are typically surprised to find out all of the above were labeled as FS. The Red Pill strikes again!
If you decide to collect FS nickels then make sure to check the coin in the slab. The label does not make a coin actually have what the label says it does.
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Pillar of the Community
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One thing that was not yet mentioned above is that TPGs vary in strictness by year and mint. If a particular year/mint has a great many full steps specimens available, they will be strict. If there are very few or no specimens available, they will loosen the criteria.
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