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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spy88, post: 10790, member: 968&quot;]Way to go Mark!&nbsp; Just got my issue of CoinValues with my CoinWorld mag---pg. 66 of CoinValues:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Specialist collector Mark M. Hooten notes that to qualify as full steps (five or six steps), steps must extend uninterrupted from the left to the right buttresses.&nbsp; The steps cannot meet anywhere in between nor can the steps be joined by contact marks or &quot;tags&quot; of metal.&nbsp; Any contact marks must be minor and must not fully break any step.&nbsp; Contact marks that are centrally positioned may disqualify the coin from having the full steps designation.&quot;</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>To be quoted by a numismatic publication as to the <i>correct</i> way to grade the steps on the Jeff series, deserves acclaim!&nbsp; Now if we could just get ALL the TPGCs to follow this criteria, we&#039;d be much better off!</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgot to give deserved credit for the Buffalo Round Up article.&nbsp; Read it but didn&#039;t notice the author!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Outstanding work![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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