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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3208304, member: 15309&quot;]Ok, so we have arrived at the so called &quot;key date&quot; of the Jefferson Nickel series.&nbsp; As Ron pointed out, these coins were widely hoarded and finding uncirculated examples is extremely easy, even in premium gem status.&nbsp; However, that doesn&#039;t tell the whole story.&nbsp; While high grade examples are in abundance, truly PQ premium gems with excellence in all four areas of grading are extremely hard to find.&nbsp; I have owned dozens of 50-Ds in my life so we will just concentrate on the ones that made it into my registry set for the purposes of this post.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1950-D Take 1</b>:&nbsp; An evenly golden toned example with subpar surfaces for an MS67 grade.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t take long to upgrade from this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/RjRLNnZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1950-D Take 2</b>:&nbsp; This next coin had clean surfaces, great luster, and extremely attractive toning on both sides.&nbsp; Just one glaring problem, the strike on the reverse, despite the step detail, was abysmal.&nbsp; The longer I kept this coin, the more I hated the strike, the coin, and the 1950-D.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/pPSxEfP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1950-D Take 3</b>:&nbsp; This time, I finally found it.&nbsp; Like Ahab getting his white whale.&nbsp; Surely this boldly impressed NGC MS67 5FS example with ultra clean surfaces and an abundance of eye appeal would settle the debate.&nbsp; And for a while, I was very happy with this coin.&nbsp; But something lingered, the luster just wasn&#039;t what I would expect from an MS67 coin.&nbsp; That all too familiar feeling of discontent and frustration with the 1950-D crept back into my brain.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IhMWmHz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1950-D Take 4 (Maybe)</b>:&nbsp; I purchased this coin with the intention of selling the coin above, but I know my penchant becoming dissatisfied over time with this date/mm.&nbsp; So while I&#039;ve owned both coins for several years, I still haven&#039;t decided which one I am ultimately going to keep.&nbsp; This particular coin was graded prior to NGC&#039;s recognition of the 5FS designation.&nbsp; My plan is to resubmit this coin for designation review and if it comes back MS67 5FS, it will reign supreme in my collection.&nbsp; The luster, toning, and eye appeal are all superior.&nbsp; The surfaces and strike are marginally inferior, but I have always coveted eye appeal above all else.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/k4iWT17.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you fellas would like to weigh in on which one of these coins you like better and why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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