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JRockCa Valued Member United States 146 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 2:46 pm Ok so what would be some opinions or info about these pictures? Edited by JRockCa 01/05/2008 2:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 2:48 pm Looks pretty normal for a nickel. The nickel coins are a lot harder substance than copper and this type of die wear is common. Edited by Vaslin 01/05/2008 2:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 2:57 pm Die deterioraion doubling. As mentioned, extremely common on nickels as the dies wear relatively quickly. The "orange peel" effect that you see in the fields of the coin is another dead giveaway that it is Die Deterioration. Edited by foundinrolls 01/05/2008 2:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
JRockCa Valued Member United States 146 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 3:03 pm How about this part? Top of the letters. Report this Post to the Staff
JRockCa Valued Member United States 146 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 3:07 pm By the way what does 1/2 steps mean? Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 01/05/2008 3:15 pm Same thing, Die Deterioration effects on the LIBERTY, nothing abnormal. There are folks that collect Jeffersons in higher grades where the amount of steps on Monticello is a gauge of the state of the die and just how well a coin was struck. On more recent issues, for example, full steps is no big deal. On some issues from the 1950s, Full Steps is darn rare. 1/2 steps refers to how much of the steps would be visible. It is a fairly meaningless term as most older nickels will be 1/2 steps or thereabouts. Report this Post to the Staff
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