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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhendricks2020, post: 25517099, member: 118392&quot;]Can I ask a stupid question in the search for knowledge and understanding?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at an older post on Jefferson Nickels and full steps.&nbsp; After reading through all the posts etc. It got me thinking about the nickel I have (see attached photo).&nbsp; When I looked up the price on PCGS for a 1969 S Jefferson nickel, it quotes MS and FS.&nbsp; After reading about the FS designation - it says that proof coins are excluded from the FS designation because of the way they were minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is where my stupid question comes in - how would I know if it is a proof or not if it&#039;s a single coin by itself?&nbsp; Is this coin a proof?&nbsp; The coin came part of a collection, and I have no way of knowing if it ever was a proof (broken out of a proof set).&nbsp; From what I understand proofs in the late 1960s weren&#039;t all frosted and &quot;fancy&quot; as the proofs in the 70s though today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures 1 and 2 are of the coin without looking under a scope at the steps.</p><p>Picture 1 - Front</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634133[/ATTACH] </p><p>Picture 2 - Back</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which then leads me to the next question.&nbsp; If it is NOT a proof, then would you believe these to be full steps?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634137[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I ask in search of knowledge!&nbsp; Let me know your thoughts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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