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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 655657, member: 4350&quot;]Hi Lehigh,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand why they did it.&nbsp; Going back to the other side of the question though.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t adding the 5FS take away from the game a little bit.&nbsp; When folks hunted for the 6th step, and if they found it on an older nickel,&nbsp; they had a great reward.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Was it right to lower the standard because that 6th full step was so elusive on older nickels.&nbsp; I dunno.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way,&nbsp; 5 steps or 6 steps as you noted can still be found on some dogs with marks other than on the steps.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A higher grade 5 stepper is still a knockout coin and I admire those coins greatly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I am not a fan of lowering the standard to something that is sort of a full step nickel, kinda, because it&#039;s close<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If we follow the logic out,&nbsp; it would be OK to call a nice AU coin an UNC, because it was close<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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