Full steps means: FULL STEPS

You forgot eye appeal. I've seen many well struck, MS graded coins, that looked absolutely horrific because of uneven toning, spotting, or a number of other distracting qualities. It doesn't do a collector any good to purchase a quality coin if they can't bear the sight of it. Eye appeal is always on the top of my list, even before strike and grade.
Guy~

 

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Leo:
Welcome to the forum.

 

Hi Guy
Thank you for pointing that out but do you think a coin with 3-4 qualities will also have eye appeal? The eye appeal of a coin is based on the larger combination of the 6 qualities I pointed out. A low grade, lustrous coin with a weak strike can have eye appeal. But then, of course, this will depend on the experience of that collector who might think that! After 16+ years of collecting this series, in reality, I only have one coin that has all 6 qualities, an ANACS MS65 6 step 1999-D. But that grade is so far off for that coin, it’s very laughable! True coin collectors don’t go by what a coin grading service says because they don’t grade coins the way a true coin collector grades his coins. Pay particularly close attention to the strike of the coin first, the grade/condition second and then the eye appeal which is basically the make –up of all of the qualities that includes the luster and possibly the toning of the coin. Each of those qualities must reach a high level of intensity before they are accepted towards a coin’s desirability. And this is how most serious collectors view their coins, whatever series they're into.

Leo

 

:loud: Hi Frank! Thank you for the welcome!


Leo

 

Leo,
I've really enjoyed reading your posts! Keep them up! I'm the new owner of varietynickels.com and while I'm trying to get this website back up and running...I'm learning as I go. While I've collected for around 7 years Jefferson Nickels is a new area for me!

Speedy