1938 s Nickel

Any thoughts on the grade of this 1938 s. Thanks

 

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64

 

Maybe ms65 nice coin

 

65

 

Thanks for the replies. I always get a little clueless when it come to the stairs on the reverse.

 

If I understand correctly stairs have little (or nothing) to do with grade.
They are either full stairs (FS) or not.
Sort of like a grade being affected by whether a 1955 cent is a DDO or not.
It doesn't matter.

 

That's easily MS66, condition-wise.

 

MS 65

 

The surfaces are very clean but I'm concerned that the coin just doesn't have the luster necessary for an MS66 grade. I'm going to say MS65 on this one. A nice album coin IMO.

As noted, the steps is a designation and is independent from the numerical grade.

 

1938 D & 1939 S Pictures taken while still in the 2x2's showing the lint.

 

Very sharp coins!