Guess the grade--NGC 1939-S Rev of 38 Jefferson Nickel

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The thing about the stairs is like Potassium Levels with MD's in the hospital. They can measure it easily, and they know it should be about 3.4 and if it is 3.1 they give a bunch of potassium, always too fast and too dangerously, and its all because they can ADD. It is so much easier to solve something when you can count it easily and you can count to 6 stairs, right? So why look for the quality of the windows which isn't so clear cut?

Ruben

 

Well said! When paying a premium for a designation, it is prudent to find a completely fully struck example.

Another value, in my opinion, are the "almost but not quite" fully struck on the designated detail -- to use the example provided an almost but not quite full step Jefferson -- but fully struck everywhere else.

One a bit closer to my heart as a large cent collector are almost RD (but in RB holders).

There are other examples.....but we digress.

So what's the darn grade, Lehigh?

 

p.s. a friendly suggestion for the next poll, Lehigh...give us a wider range of answers. By limiting the answers to only 4 grades, you kind of stack the deck. Just a thought, respectfully submitted.

 

C'mon Lehigh, post the grade....

 

Have to disagree that this is what the reverse of Lehighs 1938 should look look like in regard to the amount of detail. The reverse has been modified several times and details sharped since 1938.

I did say ms66.

 

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whats with the morgans in a nickel thread?

Ruben

 

Wow, I had never thought of that before. Very interesting and good information. Thank you for sharing that!

I agree with you on allowances being made, but I do think yours is somewhat of an unfair example. Those matte coins were struck for collectors and intended to have a suburb strike. A don't think a strike of that quality is going to be seen with real business strike coins. I think you can hold the matte coin as an example of what "perfect" strikes are and try and find a coin as close as possible...but I don't think you can grade the two coins with the same criteria. The matte coin is produced differently (because the dies are prepared slightly differently and close measure is taken to ensure an excellent strike). I believe this is why one of the TPGs (NGC?) began grading these coins with the prefix SP rather than MS.

 

Mike,

I only inlcuded the four grades because I didn't think that any lower grades were reasonable given the photos. Here is the answer. You guys did very well with this one.



FWIW, this coin is very well struck. I will try to take another photo of the reverse and show that all of the windows are there. I was concentrating more on color than strike in the first photo.

 

Gem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!