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A 'typical' Reverse ..... many of these show fine step detail .... many are poor struck and while BU have no step detail at all. Is that normal for the series?
Yes this is typical, that is why I suggest you put aside and protect the best examples. I want you to click on this link.
http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGui...erson+NickelFS stands for full steps in the price columns. It also tells you which are typically hard to find, does it not?
It shows the difference in prices, which are just an indicator to me of which will be found UNC with little or no step detail. It is the easiest way for me to help motivate you to understand the value of well struck coins. So what, you only have 3 steps on one or three from these dates. They are ABOVE average strike and in my opinion worth more than another of the same grade that has none.
Of course mint state comes first, then strike quality second.
This doesn't keep me from keeping a MS62 full stepper though. I'll take a nice AU55 1953S with 5 steps off anyone's hands, no problem. Comprendez?
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Many of these coins (maybe 10%) show a very unusual (to me) shiny ring of iridescence as you rotate the coin in the light. I wish I knew how to describe it ..... somebody can hopefully tell me what this is.
There is a horseshoe luster effect on the reverse of these nickels. That has a nickname, which at the moment escapes me but it is normal and more often found on certain years like those you have. I hope to remember that nickname and get back to you.
Glad you are interested, it gets a lot better, this is a good series to learn a lot about coin collecting with. Your pictures are pretty good. I am not any better at taking pictures either.
I think you need 50 quality posts to use the camera thing, I apologize for not thinking about that when I suggested it.
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08/16/2009 10:49 pm
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Posted 08/16/2009 7:15 pm
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