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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;borgovan, post: 492419, member: 13016&quot;]It depends on what you call &quot;full steps.&quot; I have come to accept the TPG definition of full steps as being 5 steps. Other people (such as Jody) will only call coins with 6 steps &quot;full steps.&quot; From a technical standpoint, I cannot disagree with the 6-step standard, as that&#039;s how the coin was actually designed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I only approach it from a practical standpoint. I want the best-struck coin for each date/mintmark that I can find. (By the way, as a technical point, the best-struck coin doesn&#039;t always have full steps.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The hardest 5-step date is the 1969-D. Other tough ones are 1968-D, 1970-D, 1969-S, 1964-D, 1976, and 1938 (reverse of 1938) (This information is per the most excellent reference &quot;The Jefferson Nickel Analyst&quot; by Bernard Nagengast.) I would say there are at least half a dozen dates where 6-step coins are unknown. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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