Please guess the grade of the 1950-D Jefferson Nickel shown below. I have attached a poll for you to cast your vote and you may select up to 4 different things: the numerical grade, 5FS or Not FS, the + designation, and the * designation. Please remember to vote in the attached poll, and as always, comments welcome!
MS 66 5 FS....clean fields and lustrous...I think the hit between the first and second column could disqualify the full steps but am guessing this coin got the benefit of the designation
Quite agree, and much nicer than the unc. that I had to buy as a kid to fill a hole in my coin album. I'd rather say that that coin of mine is dull and lacking luster also being poorly struck. Paul's coin is quite the contrary. I think his narrowly misses a full steps designation and the only thing holding it back from a '66 is the idle chatter on Jeff's jaw line. I'm amazed at how bold the mint mark remains. A very remarkable specimen indeed.
MS66 FS. I am especially interested in the step designation, since I have a 50D with a ding in the same area. I am wondering if the designation is the same or different.
58 not FS - sure I am wrong again, but the columns don't look great, and the shoulder appears dark at that angle.
The coins looks like it has never circulated but was minted by an extremely worn die so I went with MS60-64.
I gave it 65 not FS on the vote, however.. personal opinion is it's MS64 but you are not likely to put the actual grade in a group lot like 60-64 so I upped my guess to 65 and sorry but that lower left corner of the bottom 5th step just ain't there though there is a partial 6th step lol
