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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NotSure, post: 798135, member: 20034&quot;]These will ALL be saved in various stages of MS, and a true circulated example may be a rare bird. Seems they were almost thrown in as a &#039;last thought&#039;. This coin grading at MS66 or lower, from the mint packaging, will be akin to an ASE grading at MS67. Where they were specially made, none should grade lower than a 67. Though, Roosies are not an easy coin to get a great strike, due to it&#039;s small size, hence there being an overabundance without FB...unlike the &#039;94 &amp; &#039;97 Jeffs, which ALL should have FS. THIS is how the Mint SHOULD have dealt with the &#039;96-W Roosie. They should have been made with care, and part of a set, or at least a special offering, much like the &#039;99 Proof SBA (which was simply sold on it&#039;s own, not being in the proof set, but time constraints had a hand in that also), and not just &#039;tossed in&#039; with the mint set as an after thought, as that is the way they were treated. It SHOULD be a bigger &#039;standout&#039; coin in the Roosie series, much like the &#039;94 and &#039;97 Jeffs. A NON FS Jeff from those years is the small exception to the rule, yet alot of &#039;96-W Roosies seem to not have FB. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Non-FB examples are rampant. I&#039;m not a Roosie collector (though I do have a couple sets with this coin still in cello, as well as an MS66FB example). FB examples should be sought out, but I&#039;ve seen fewer listings. But again, I haven&#039;t actively sought this coin out once I got my 66FB example, though that could be partly due to my only seeking out a 67FB example. IF a 67FB should come around, I&#039;m in the fray![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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