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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 7379483, member: 15309&quot;]The &quot;no line fatty&quot; holders were used from 1989 to 1995.&nbsp; NGC did not start using the 5FS designation until 2003.&nbsp; It is entirely possible that you have a full step nickel that was not attributed as such because of when it was graded.&nbsp; Back then, NGC only used the FS designation and the coin needed 6 full steps to qualify.&nbsp; It is important to note that the holders in question go beyond the no line fatties and extends all the way into the NGC 9 holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>And even after they adopted the 5FS designation, I think they were very harsh on which coins met that designation.&nbsp; Like the subject of this thread, the coin shown below is a 1944-D that resided in an NGC 17 holder which didn&#039;t debut until November 2004, well after the adoption of the 5FS designation in early 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1944-D NGC MS67 1536195-016</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jn-1944-d-ngc-ms67-1536195-016-oh.17027/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Photo of steps</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jn-1944-d-ngc-ms67-1536195-016-steps.17028/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1944-D NGC MS67 5FS 5931954-002</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jn-1944-d-ngc-ms67-5fs-5931954-004-oh.17029/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, NGC used to offer a service called &quot;designation review&quot; that cost $12 per coin.&nbsp; I often used that service to get unattributed full step nickels into full step holders.&nbsp; The added benefit was that the coin kept its original certification #.&nbsp; Since they no longer offer that service, I have to spend the full $22 on the Regrade service and the certification # changes which is a pain for record keeping purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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