This is the nicest war nickel in my collect of war nickels. How many steps do you see. How many should there be on this 43-D. Thanks!
They are supposed to be only 6 steps Looks like 6 steps on yours with some doubling. I have seen a picture of one with 7 steps. Can't recall the date but It had doubling on the bottom step. Your coin has great steps, But what is that on Jefferson's cheek?
There's a nice hit on his jaw and there's also some kind of contamination on the inside of the holder. I bought this set sometime ago and have yet to open it. There seems to be some kind of contamination on the plastic plate. I'll be transferring these coins to a better display in the future. I sure would like to put together a set with full/almost full steps. The coins don't have to be high MS put I would like them to have a great set of steps. I'm just weird about it that way. Thanks for the input.
Walter, The 1943-D almost always has a very good full strike for this year in Gem BU ,5 steps are very common in this year and six step coins are available. From your picture I only see 5 full steps however that is only my opinion on what I see from the pictures as I said 6 steps are common for this year though. You have a very nice looking 1943-d and remember this coin is over sixty years old congrats. Bruce.
I always have a hard time judging photo's as opposed to one in hand. it looks to me like 5-6-6-6, with a couple minor ticks on the 2nd and 3rd pillar, bottom steps. It's a very nice nice nickel. Like others said.. 43-D is one of the few early nickels where it's not hard to find full steps. One of the probable reasons for this is it's much easier to stamp silver than nickel. Like someone else also said, it could also be hard to see do to doubling.
