Old Anacs the wreath is one big firey Magenta circle....that radiates out to the rim.the obv. Has a greenish to copper colors except the ribbon is dark blue.
I am very glad you posted this. I have the same variety of coin, but never knew it was a variety until you posted it just now! Do you know where i can find more information on this?
It all started here on CoinTalk! https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-1857-flying-eagle-snow-22-attribution.80467/
Well, I went back and looked. It was in the Jeffersons but listed as a "Bison Nickel." Guy didn't even put "S/S" in the title, so anyone looking for one had no shot of seeing it.
$22! I believe this is a rare contemporary counterfit, VAM 60 I'll know more when I have it in hand though.
This is the rare "stepless" variety, silly! Unique and going up on eBay for $15mil. I will consider offers of $7.5 million.... maybe.
I have no idea how they arrived at that grade. The 54-S is the worst struck of the entire series, and even though the strike on this particular coin is still a little below average, it doesn't warrant a net grade all the way down to MS60. The coin is pretty clean and lustrous, and that grade is simply punitive.