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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1096267, member: 19463&quot;]2010P received in change at Costco and not even UNC. (to use an old term since there is wear on the chin) but the question was regarding the column bases not the grade.&nbsp; There is another current post showing a really nice registry set with many FS coins which have next to no window detail and hardly show the side steps at all.&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect US or follow the fads but I admit finding humor in a coin being diminished for one bag mark on the steps more than the hundred other marks (check the gash on the nose).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This all started when I was asked to do a 15 minute program for a local coin club on photography (don&#039;t laugh, my ancient photos are better than this - I have no experience lighting lustrous coins).&nbsp; I wanted to include some US in the slides to try to keep the US collectors in the group awake but all the US I have are left over from my collection from the 50&#039;s and 60&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; I needed a sharp subject for a macro image and remembered getting a couple new nickels in change so grabbed this one.&nbsp; I never knew that the columns had the three step bases so I asked the question.&nbsp; Rough draft of slide show:</p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Are all 2010 nickels this much sharper than the older ones (like the registry set in that other thread)?&nbsp; Does it have something to do with the obverse change or did the mint just decide to upgrade their quality control?&nbsp; I have noted very few 2010 coins in circulation yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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