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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 792386, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t always agree with the policy but I am forced to admit that they do it. There was a rather lengthy discussion about this topic as it related to strike in this thread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t45572/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t45572/">http://www.cointalk.com/t45572/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The fact is that Jefferson Nickels suffered from not only die deterioration within a given year but hub detoriation over the course of the series. That is why the quality of the coins, specifically strike, continued to worsen year after year. The best struck coins from the entire series are from 1938, 1940, and the war years. Just about every nickel struck after 1953 shows incomplete detail. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In addition, hub deterioration compounded other problems such as planchet irregularties. Many collectors confuse planchet flaws on Jefferson Nickels for surface marks. On a fully struck coin, planchet flaws are eliminated in the striking process yet they will remain on a coin not fully struck.&nbsp; I have seen planchet irregularities on war nickels which were some of the best struck coins in the entire series, they are common place on the coins from the later years.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the end, it is impossible to hold a 1963 to the same standard that you would hold a Jefferson from 1940.&nbsp; If you did, this coin might not even make gem state.&nbsp; Compared to other 1963&#039;s however, this coin screams only one word:&nbsp; MONSTER.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BTW:&nbsp; The coin is mine and I paid a ridiculous price to acquire it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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