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the obverse rim hits hurt, MS-63, 5FS
I'd been on a quest to find an honestly circulated 1950-D, and finally did after searching about 250,000 nickels.
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Rest in Peace
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AU-53 Details . Rough and multiple hits . Not full steps . I'm sure he didn't buy it in a coin store .  Edited by T-BOP
02/19/2022 11:07 am
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I'm gonna ask my paw in law where he got this one, unlike my grandfather, my paw in law would buy coins from coin shows and dealers. However he's the one that had about 3 full Mason jars of wheat pennies, he'd collected from circulation, that was given to me and my wife, along with the Lincoln Cent album (incomplete), then said good luck |
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On a side note, what exactly does that 5FS mean? I notice some coins will have 5FS or 6FS, as varieties, but not sure what that means?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say AU-58, rim nick detracts.
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5FS usually means the bottom step is not visible, and was created because there are numerous dates/mints for which there are no 6 step examples, possibly because the bottom step had been worn off the hub from which dies were made
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So the 5FS, is a variety only given to nickels? And is always talking about the steps?
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Fairly strong central strike from a VLDS die pair. It's a decent AU example.
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I was noticing how the details were blurry, or not well defined, as u moved towards the rim
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yes, FS stands for Full Steps, and refers to the steps on Monticello
steps are sometimes also discussed in regard to the Lincoln Memorial
surprised by the number of AU grades here, to me frosty luster like that on this example's Monticello is the first thing to go during circulation
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Surprised too, I see quite a bit of contact marks but no sign of wear. I would put this on the low end of MS.
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So Die Deterioration doesn't take away from any grade? A coin which has no evidence of Die Deterioration will have same value of a coin that does show evidence, if all other factors are the same? |
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the higher the MS grade gets, the more cosmetic issues and eye appeal factor into the grade, below MS-65 things like Die Deterioration are generally ignored for grading purposes above MS-65, graders also take into consideration the typical quality for the date/mint, so for example if few or no examples with great eye appeal exist for a given date, graders will not subtract much for things like strike quality without such an allowance, dates that are notorious for weak strikes, like the 1922 cent, would have no examples with a high grade |
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