How Common To See Steps? 1943-P Jefferson Nickel

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Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 12:54 pm Yesterday, about an hour into my shift, I opened a bank roll of nickels. Out popped a 1943P Jefferson nickel. I was kind of busy with customers, so I set it aside to look at later. I bought it out of my till at lunch and went home. With the naked eye I could see steps! With my hand held microscope, I could see 4 (maybe 5?) steps with some wear. https://goccf.com/t/133522 How rare is it to find a War Nickel with steps?! This is the first one I've found in the twenty some years I've been collecting. Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 1:03 pm It's pretty uncommon to find any War Nickels in circulation that aren't heavily worn and tarnished to that ugly gray/black color. Unless I'm completely misunderstanding how nickels are priced, they don't carry any significant premium unless all six steps are fully visible. What you have is probably worth more than standard silver melt, but only slightly. Most likely this was a coin that was pulled out of an album to be replaced with an upgrade, and the original owner pulled a "catch and release" to put it back into circulation for other collectors to find. Report this Post to the Staff
mgillette Valued Member United States 374 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 1:09 pm Looks like a nice strong strike, generally 5 or 6 full steps often carry a nice premium. This is a useful page I found for understanding the steps: http://varietynickels.com/pages/jef...ll-steps.php Edited by mgillette 02/13/2014 1:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
woodcr Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 1:52 pm still a nice find Report this Post to the Staff
Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 2:26 pm To me, any War Nickel is a good find. I was truly happy to find this one. It will definitely upgrade the one I have in the album. mgillette, thank you for the link to that page. I had seen it before, but couldn't remember where. I'll probably post it in the grading forum and see what it gets. Anyone think it could benefit from a acetone bath? It has a glob and some other things going on. Report this Post to the Staff
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