1951-D Jeff

looks great!

 

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How does LDS enhance luster? Are there other characteristics of LDS? This is a new one for me.

Cameron

 

Very nice Jeff. I just finished my BU set about a month ago. Some of those coins have the most beautiful tone on them. It is an inexpensive set to do and has some very difficult coins to find in nice BU with eye appeal. It was more of a challenge than i thought it was going to be.

 

Thanks for the nice comments everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the pictures.

 

When a die strikes thousands of coins, the die begins to wear. There are more flow lines on the die from pressure, having more luster on the struck coin. Unfortunately, LDS coins tend to have "mushy" details and really LDS coins tend to have a bumpy surface.
Example:


EDS (Early Die State) coins tend to exhibit sharp details, such as full steps, but with little luster.

 

Good comment. I just wanted to add that many nickels from the 50's and 60's exhibit the lds effect. 9 out of 10 original bank wrapped rolls i open are full of beautifully gold toned, huge luster nickels. They almost look wet. When you image the coins, you really see the 'bumpy' surface or 'orange peel effect'. Usually coupled with a mushy reverse, like Lincoln Cents mentioned.

 

Man !,, where do you get these Badness ? I may have to spend more time in the raw section of the 'bay... you've been posting some quality raw stuff
lately !

 

very awesome Jefferson.

 

I very, very rarely buy online. This type of quality is best seen in hand....I snagged this from one of my fav dealers.

 

I finished mine about a month ago as well. It took me 3 years but I was very selective. Rainbows, woodies, golden toned, blues, red, and nice sharp blast whites. I think they'd all grade at least a 64 and most would be 65+. It was fairly inexpensive but yes, more of a challenge than I originally thought. The 39D and 42D were by far the most expensive. It is hard to find some of the late 50's - 60's with nice strikes, but every one has great eye appeal. Nice coin!

 

Agree completely. I am working on my second set. A nice challenge when you are done is to get all of the early proofs. They do get a little pricey there though. But wow are they beautiful. Finding them in cam is a huge challenge.
Here is my '40 proof:


edit: Also Petro, Go Blue! Hope you recovered from that MSU loss. I work in an office with 40% MSU graduates. Ugh, it's been painful.

 

Funny...I already have a dozen or so set aside to start my second Dansco! I have a few of the earlier proofs, but that 1940 is AWESOME! Its a shame that the Jeffersons are underappreciated in my opinion...but I think they'll catch on (and if not, thats more for me!).

Haha...yeah its been painful as a few of my best friends and coworkers are MSU fans. I'm just glad that we're on the right track, and are beating the teams we're supposed to beat...and handily. By next year they should be putting up a better fight against the best teams in the conference. I'm going to the game on the 19th agains the Huskers...that should be awesome, and I'm hoping it'll be competitive.