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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 762783, member: 15309&quot;]If they were graded by PCGS would they have the same grade?</p><p><br /></p><p>You guys are making much more out of the star designation than you should be IMO, but if another example is what you want, I shall provide.&nbsp; This mistake was made in my own personal collection.&nbsp; Everyone knows my love of Jefferson war nickels.&nbsp; I was climbing the registry ladder and had broken into the top ten, but could not find a toned 1943-S.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1943-SNGCMS677002-7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found the coin above after a few months of searching and convinced myself that attractively toned 1943-S nickels did not exist.&nbsp; This coin took the slot and I even made fun of it calling it the ugly duckling of the set.&nbsp; Sure enough, a few months later while searching the Heritage auctions I found this MS67 1943-S.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1943-SNGCMS671Lab-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, 6 months later, with the help of a fellow Cointalk member, I acquire the monster of all 1943-S Jeffersons.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1943-SNGCMS68Star-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There can be no argument that my original 1943-S had no business in my set and that had I been following the advice provided in this thread at that time, I would never have purchased the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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