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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 8020786, member: 15309&quot;]I am also at a loss as to why the OP is getting a hard time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been working on my NGC Jefferson Nickel Registry set for almost 15 years.&nbsp; Until last month, my slot 1967 was empty.&nbsp; That&#039;s right, empty.&nbsp; In 15 years, I had never found a 1967 worthy of my collection, and my collecting focus is on eye appeal, not strike and full steps like Leon&#039;s.&nbsp; Whatever you guys might think of Leon, he is one of the most knowledgeable Jefferson Nickel collectors in the entire world, and his elation over finding a gem grade 1967 with 3 full steps is entirely reasonable.</p><p><br /></p><p>As is mine for finally filling one of the biggest holes in my registry collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xcWB0zx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m sure that PCGS would call this coin an MS66 or MS66+, but look at the steps and then compare them to Leon&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Anyone shortchanging the magnitude of Leon&#039;s find is only exposing their own misunderstanding of the elusiveness of this date/mm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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