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Message:: [QUOTE="nickelman, post: 97725, member: 4633"]The Bold doc is a little confusing to me I don't see where you can have 5 full steps and not be considered full step? The TPG's SEGS excluded do not consider (Bridges) (Deep cuts and Nicks) as a full step. For example if you have a bridge on the four and fithe step then you might have 5-5-4-5 step count not 5-5-5-5 w/bridges.  Of course what TPG your dealing with determined what they classify as full step. I personally consider any nickel with no step count lower then 5 in any quarter as a Full Step coin. My collection has several nice step coins that I don't consider full but happen to be the best I have found to date. For some years you shouldn't settle for anything less than 6 full steps with no marks i.e. 1940D, 1943D for a couple and others if you find a 5-4-4-5 with small marks your doing good. Unless you are buying TPG FS nickels from PCGS, NGC or ANACS, I would exspect a minimuim of 5-5-5-5 step count with no major marks (Thats what the big premium is for). That's just MHO.[/QUOTE]