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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1501538, member: 15309&quot;]Typically, when you have the absence of a vertical indentation in conjunction with an indiscernable top step, the coin is a reverse of 38.&nbsp; I believe that the coin you posted above is a reverse of 38.&nbsp; We must remember that 1939 is only the second year of production and most of the coins are very well struck with almost 10% of all coins with reverse of 40 showing full steps.&nbsp; Most of the problems that plague the Jefferson series with regards to strike, hub deterioration, die wear etc. don&#039;t really show up until the post war years.&nbsp; Finding a 1939 reverse of 40 from any mint with no discernable vertical indentation or top step would be extremely rare.&nbsp; My avatar is probably the best example I have of a 1939-D reverse of 40 with weak steps yet both the indentation and top step are easily discernable.&nbsp; Despite the weak steps, notice how well the remainder of the coin is struck.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickel%20Registry/JeffersonNickel1939-DRevof40NGCMS67.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JN1939-DRevof40NGCMS67Steps1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth noting that the incomplete steps of the reverse of 1938 (including coins from 1938) was the result of the design and not the actual strike of the coin, hence the design change in the middle of 1939.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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