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I hate going first. MS61 Sure does look like full steps from where I'm sitting!  ! |
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I am gonna say MS-64 and it may just receive FS from a TPG. I would personally say no FS. The first step blends into the second underneath the third column. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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I agree it is prolly FS and it would get MS64. Looks like a slight lamination on the obverse at the bottom.
I would be happy with that coin, sure!
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3rd picture clearly shows scuff/wear on bottom few steps - how is that full?
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3rd picture clearly shows scuff/wear on bottom few steps - how is that full? After a second look, I think you're right. I thought it was lighting. |
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3rd picture clearly shows scuff/wear on bottom few steps - how is that full? What you see is due to striking pressure. That's why FS is even a thing. It is not wear, but only the strongest strikes will fill out the die design completely. There should be six distinct steps with five uninterrupted recessed lines between them. I said it may get FS because there is an argument to be made that there are five full steps, which seems to be the standard for the FS designation. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
03/01/2018 01:29 am
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I see four and a half#128520;
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By the way, from ground level you have to make seven steps upward to enter Monticello:  The coin rendition is more forgiving in that it requires six steps upward to enter. That's how I determine how many steps should be there. I believe others come to a different conclusion as to how many "steps" there are or should be. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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MS63 maybe a MS64 and not FS, IMHO Nice color to it also. John1  |
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MS-64 ,close to full steps . But looks like 1st. and 2nd. steps fused together . There is no such thing as a 7 step Jefferson nickel . 6 steps are FS . 5 steps are considered by most dealers as FS .  |
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After further review, this is one of the closest calls I have encountered in a long time.  And as always, I could be wrong. I think it might just miss 5 full steps. 5 steps is all that is needed for a FS designation although a nickel could have 6. Remember that it's the incuse lines and not the raised lines that are counted as each step starting from the top and going down.  Of course we only have these images to go by. Perhaps turning the coin in hand will show more but it looks like we lose the 5th line where I have circled and underlined.   |
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Edited by TNG
03/01/2018 10:17 am
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I'm saying first and goal!  |
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64FS to me, a true amateur on Jeffs whose opinion should count for little.
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