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<p>[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 605752, member: 18323"]I decided to do some researching and attempt to understand the FS Nickels. I sifted through about 300 Nickels that were in a change bin and only found 2 that were even close to be worth considering. This site proved useful: <a href="http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/grading/understanding-full-steps.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/grading/understanding-full-steps.php" rel="nofollow">http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/grading/understanding-full-steps.php</a></p><p> </p><p>This first coin looks like it may possibly have had 6 steps but you'll notice at the bottom there's some blending indicated in the red rectangle:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-030224.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-03022.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>This second one looks like it may be a candidate:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-030212.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-03021.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 605752, member: 18323"]I decided to do some researching and attempt to understand the FS Nickels. I sifted through about 300 Nickels that were in a change bin and only found 2 that were even close to be worth considering. This site proved useful: [URL]http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/grading/understanding-full-steps.php[/URL] This first coin looks like it may possibly have had 6 steps but you'll notice at the bottom there's some blending indicated in the red rectangle: [IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-030224.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-03022.jpg[/IMG] This second one looks like it may be a candidate: [IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-030212.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o106/bugchucka/2009-06-03021.jpg[/IMG] Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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