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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1597406, member: 15309&quot;]The red circled areas on the obverse are simple strike incompleteness and are found on many mint state Jefferson Nickels.&nbsp; The blue circled are on the obverse is a contrast effect on the photo.&nbsp; If I took a photo of this coin using my method, this entire area of concern would disappear.&nbsp; I am not saying that it doesn&#039;t have a different surface texture than the surrounding area, it might.&nbsp; What I am saying is that it would appear anything like wear in my photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea what you are pointing to with the red circle on the reverse, looks like glare to me.&nbsp; The indentation in the blue circle is very common and is as struck.&nbsp; It creates the luster contrast known as the &quot;halo effect.&quot;&nbsp; The only thing unusual about it is that the &quot;halo effect&quot; is typically seen on early date &quot;S&quot; mint Jeffersons.&nbsp; That said, I have seen it on Philly and Denver coins before.&nbsp; Here is a good example of a 1940-S that shows the &quot;halo effect.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%204%20Sale/JeffersonNickel1940-SNGCMS675FS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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