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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 8012612, member: 15309&quot;]There is a lot to unpack with this coin, so let&#039;s start with the assigned grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7Vn3npg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased this coin on eBay from a really bad photograph, which basically meant I bought it sight unseen.&nbsp; I am building a set of war nickels that all have label designations and the 43-P is one of the tougher dates to get with toning so I bought the coin solely for the T designation.&nbsp; What I got was a coin that had barely any toning whatsoever.&nbsp; This in itself isn&#039;t really that rare, as I have seen many Jefferson Nickels in generation 8 NGC holders with the T designation assigned to barely toned coins.&nbsp; I think the graders were being instructed to either choose the W or the T when they graded a coin, but the practice only lasted as long as the generation 8 holder, which was about 2 months in late 2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted a photo of the coin on a different forum and was contacted by a member who stated that he purchased and returned the coin because he thought the holder was tampered with and the coin was swapped.&nbsp; Since the coin was graded in 2000 before NGC photographed all the coins, that avenue was closed.&nbsp; There are some areas on the edges (seams) of the holder where the plastic protrudes, but I have seen this on other coins as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>My thought was to post the coin here as a GTG to see if the majority of the grades were within one grade of the assigned MS67 grade.&nbsp; Personally, I don&#039;t see anything wrong with the assigned grade and think it looks fine in an MS67 holder and I think it is highly unlikely that the coin was swapped out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now onto the question of whether or not this coin is an undesignated 43/2-P.&nbsp; Below are two photos, the first is this coin, and the second is a designated 43/2-P.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/g0NQepN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Ehi98iv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The diagnostic for the 43/2-P is that the spike is directed towards the inner curvature of the 3, and that the base of the two is visible in the bottom curve of the 3.&nbsp; We see clearly that both of these are present in the second photo.&nbsp; However, in the first photo, the base of the 2 is not there, and the spike is directed more vertically to the left of the mid-point of the 3.&nbsp; This coin displays what Nagengast refers to as a &quot;spur die break&quot; which is often confused for the 43/2-P overdate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have owned several 43/2-P overdates in my life, but this coin is my first encounter with the 43-P die spike.&nbsp; So while I was disappointed that the &quot;T&quot; designated coin had no toning, I am thrilled that I finally acquired a 43-P die spike for my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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