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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 05-06-2005, 12:37 PM   #1 (permalink) davidmoore57 Member   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Leesburg, Alabama Posts: 30 Question to Moderator Sir, Is it easier to find a full step Jefferson Nickle in a Proof or Mint Set? Thanks, David   05-06-2005, 10:51 PM   #2 (permalink) whoopig Senior Member   Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 202 Full step only applies to mint state nickels.   05-07-2005, 07:34 AM   #3 (permalink) jody526 Sic Semper Tyrannis     Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Patrick County, Virginia Posts: 3,044 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by whoopig Full step only applies to mint state nickels. Hmmm... First time I've heard that. I just checked my pocket change, and found five nickels with "full steps", and they were definately not "mint state".   05-07-2005, 09:16 AM   #4 (permalink) whoopig Senior Member   Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 202 Full step nickels are very hard to come by. You may want to check those nickels under a 10x loupe. The newer nickels must have 6 full complete steps with no nicks or breaks all the way across. Any waiver off of this standard will not get the FS designation. Earlier nickels only need 5 full steps.   05-07-2005, 10:02 AM   #5 (permalink) SilverDollarMan Collecting Fool     Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati,O Posts: 641 whoopig, there r many FS jeffy's that aren't mint state __________________ Thx Alot Just Learning! Gary Lawson   05-07-2005, 12:30 PM   #6 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,653 I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding here about the original question. The grading companies only apply the FS designation to business strike coins. To the best of my knoweldge they do not use the designation when grading Proof coins. As for whether or not a coin has to be Mint State in order to receive the designation is another matter. Personally I cannot recall ever seeing a graded coin with the FS designation that was not MS - but that does not mean it is impossible. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   05-07-2005, 03:30 PM   #7 (permalink) jody526 Sic Semper Tyrannis     Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Patrick County, Virginia Posts: 3,044 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by whoopig Full step nickels are very hard to come by. You may want to check those nickels under a 10x loupe. The newer nickels must have 6 full complete steps with no nicks or breaks all the way across. Any waiver off of this standard will not get the FS designation. Earlier nickels only need 5 full steps. Yep, 6 full steps with no nicks or breaks all the way across. Sorry, but I can't agree that they are hard to come by or that only mint state coins have full steps.   05-07-2005, 04:19 PM   #8 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,794 My Mood: I have only found a few FS and a few of them are at NGC right now....I hope they agree with me!!! Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Question About Searching For Varieties | Could you help me? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Rant about grading question posts satootoko Coin Chat 11 02-27-2007 02:37 PM Question on Touching Coins USS656 Coin Chat 7 01-16-2007 05:34 PM Another "Safe" Question tcore Coin Chat 12 01-10-2007 09:20 AM Question on Penny mark_h Error Coins 5 08-08-2005 12:51 AM Question about restrikes IslandCoins World & Ancient Coins 10 03-20-2005 03:09 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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