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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2212270, member: 15309&quot;]I would contend that your argument in your article is one of semantics.&nbsp; The grading services clearly consider the styloblate as one of the steps.&nbsp; You can&#039;t simply declare it not a step and then criticize the grading services for not using your method.&nbsp; The fact is that the grading services consider any Jefferson nickel with 4 uninterrupted lines (risers) to have 5 full steps and any Jefferson nickel with 5 uninterrupted lines (risers) to have 6 full steps. </p><p><br /></p><p>If they were to adopt your terminology, they would simply change the full step designation to 4 full steps and 5 full steps.&nbsp; The paper is well written and makes sense but you don&#039;t simply get to rewrite the rules and then apply your rules to coins that were graded using different rules.&nbsp; You are warning collectors from paying premiums for FS nickels because they don&#039;t meet your requirements while they do meet the requirements employed by the grading services and accepted by the numismatic community.&nbsp; I think that rather than trying to convince collectors, you might want to convince the grading companies to change their terminology for the sake of architectural accuracy.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only other comment is that at the end of your paper give you credit to various people and organizations for photos used in your article, but not for mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JN1940-DNGCMS675FS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JN1940-DNGCMS675FSSteps.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like to correct this oversight, my name is Paul Drewes.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I applaud your effort.&nbsp; You really have dedicated a lot of time to the Jefferson Nickel series, an man after my own heart.&nbsp; Bravo![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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