I was able to fully understand full step by yesterday and I was checking my mint sets. It was hard to find it as I did found five steps from 1967 SMS, but in the middle was damaged by Jefferson's head. I checked the website and it confirmed that it must be full steps from side to side. Here's picture of my 1967 SMS... Let me know if it's correct that it has to be full steps from side to side that this coin doesn't qualify as FS?
That's nowhere near. You need at least 5 full steps. Read this thread by the preeminent expert on Jeffys (At least imho) on this site... http://www.cointalk.com/t49827/
Top one I'd say has a 95% chance. Bottom one, nope. By the way, you can find great-looking '87's in bank rolls... I've probably got half a dozen or so 6FS gems from rolls... for some reason, most Jeffys from that year were struck great.
Hello everyone, thank you for your feedback. merc: Thank you for letting me know about roll. Won't it damage steps by clashing with other coins in roll?
Full Steps are nice but I personally don't go crazy over a Jefferson just because it has full steps or condemn the coin because it doesn't. I will tell you that for date/mm that are commonly found with full steps, I strive to have a full step example represent my collection. My criteria for common is greater than 10% of the total population exhibiting full steps. Now for your coins: 1967 SMS: No full steps, large nick between 2nd & 3rd pillar, 6-0-3-5 by quarterstep method. 1972-D: 5FS, 6-5-5-5 1987-P: 5FS, 6-5-5-6 1987-D: 6FS, The mark in the first quarter between the 2nd & 3rd step might knock it down to 5FS btw, here is a dynamite 6FS for your enjoyment: Population 5/0 Amazing strike for an LDS coin.
lehigh96: Thank you for clarify on number of steps and add the example. I will keep my eyes on those FS in future search.
