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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 261653, member: 578&quot;]Welcome to nickel collecting.</p><p>Your question is difficult to answer.</p><p>Perhaps you should look at nickel collecting from a different angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Full Steps&quot; is a marketing term.</p><p>It can be interpreted in different ways, depending on who&#039;s describing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern Jefferson nickels (1989-date), are commonly found with fully struck step detail, mainly because of their low-releif design.</p><p>Earlier issues must be considered on a date-by-date basis.</p><p>Some date/mintmark issues are commonly weak in this area, while others are more often highly detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several factors to consider, when suggesting the term; &quot;Full Steps&quot;.</p><p>First of all, we need to determine if &quot;full&quot; means &quot;FULL&quot;, or does it mean &quot;almost full&quot;?</p><p>If it means &quot;full&quot;. then that particular area of the design must have a true representation of the six steps that lead up to the entrance to Montecello.</p><p>If it means &quot;almost full&quot;. then it&#039;s anyone&#039;s guess as to how you should interpret the term.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some date/mintmark issues which are virtualy unknown with full steps, simply because the hubs didn&#039;t include that much detail.</p><p>Another factor to consider is that the &quot;steps&quot; are usually directly opposite of the high point of the obverse design.</p><p>So therefor, when the coin was struck, the metal more redily flowed into the deepest recesses of the obverse hair design.</p><p>This would only be true with earlier high-releif designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other considerations are length of die usage, and number of uncirculated coins saved after issue,</p><p><br /></p><p>My personal opinion, on the subject, is that each individual must determine what is important to him/her.</p><p>I pay no attention to what the &quot;marketeers&quot; say is important.</p><p>I look for coins that are well struck (on both sides), and with very few post-mint contact marks.</p><p>My focus, like most collectors&#039;, is on the obverse eye appeal.</p><p>If the coin has full hair detail, clean and brilliant surfaces, and a matching reverse, then it&#039;s probably a keeper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to remind everyone that marketing terms are created to sell product.</p><p>Coin collecting is a hobby.</p><p>The two, are completly different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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