About as close to FS on a 1969 S Jefferson Nickel I'll ever get...

Picked up a group of 68-70 Mint Sets the other day, going through them and whoever owned these sure must have gotten the sets fresh off the dies. By my count there are at least 4 solid proof-like (PL) coins and quite a few possibles. Not to mention a nice RPM, two DDR, and my very first 1970 D Kennedy Rusted Die Reverses (never found a single one in the dozens I've picked up, today I find 3.)

None, so far, caused quite the feeling of "expelling a brick" so much as getting about as close to a Full Step 1969 S (Business Strike) Jefferson Nickel as I'm ever going to get.

Man, is it so breathtakingly close. The pictures don't quite show all the detail (I'll see if I can get some better ones to show how close it really is) but there is a light weakness under Column 1 (even with the smudge the lines are complete in the corner) and a big old smudge between 2-3...but under that there are full lines of steps.

Sooooooooo close.

(Please keep in mind I am very aware that "close" does not count...but man, it's so breathtakingly close!)



Edit: Better shot of steps.


Edit: Another couple shots of steps. Again, I'm NOT saying it qualifies as FS under what I understand to be the standards, I'm saying it's drastically closer than any other example I've seen. And not that far off from qualifying.

 

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I don't have the piece in hand. I don't have a superfragilisticexpalidocious screen with the see the universe clearly program.
What I can see, I don't see. Then again, I am a fan of side steps being full along with main entry steps. That means discount anything I might opine.

 

Also, it is probably the angle and lighting, but RIB and S are interesting.

 

I added a couple new closeups of the steps, about as good as I'm going to get it tonight.

Again, I'm not saying it qualifies as FS under current standards. I'm saying it's the closest to qualifying I've ever examined in hand.

 

Again, it is my computer most likely. I count 2 steps that pass the test. I sure wish I could see it in hand, because having enjoyed your posts, I don't have an impression that you exaggerate.