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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2947551, member: 15309"]Regardless of mint, the 1940 Jefferson Nickels were some of the best struck of the entire series, though the S mint coins are the worst of the group. The quality of the 40-S ranged from poor to excellent as evidenced by my registry coin shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WcTUb9u.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is extremely well struck despite the fact that it is probably a LDS coin based on the die crack on Jeff's shoulder and significant die wear on the reverse, especially above the dome of Monticello.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coins all suffer from extreme die wear which accounts for their luster and in part contributes to the poor strike, but we have to consider something else going on here. As stated, the 1940-S is not known for poor strikes per se, and I am leaning towards incorrect die spacing as the cause for the strikes on these coins as the strike is worse than what you typically encounter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2947551, member: 15309"]Regardless of mint, the 1940 Jefferson Nickels were some of the best struck of the entire series, though the S mint coins are the worst of the group. The quality of the 40-S ranged from poor to excellent as evidenced by my registry coin shown below. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WcTUb9u.jpg[/IMG] The coin is extremely well struck despite the fact that it is probably a LDS coin based on the die crack on Jeff's shoulder and significant die wear on the reverse, especially above the dome of Monticello. Your coins all suffer from extreme die wear which accounts for their luster and in part contributes to the poor strike, but we have to consider something else going on here. As stated, the 1940-S is not known for poor strikes per se, and I am leaning towards incorrect die spacing as the cause for the strikes on these coins as the strike is worse than what you typically encounter.[/QUOTE]
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