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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;6StepStucky, post: 687888, member: 16664&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">There is nothing wrong with the way SEGS grades their nickels. IMHO their grading is accurate. The problem here is the general public will not buy a nickel with someone saying it has full steps when they are not crisp, sharp, solid, mark free steps. It was a nice combined try by SEGS and the FSNC.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Here is a link to a coin graded by SEGS</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1960-D-5-STEPS-FULL-ULTRA-SUPERB-FS-RARITY-LOOK_W0QQitemZ250332453113QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem3a48fa18f9%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1960-D-5-STEPS-FULL-ULTRA-SUPERB-FS-RARITY-LOOK_W0QQitemZ250332453113QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem3a48fa18f9%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m14" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #22229c">http://cgi.ebay.com/1960-D-5-STEPS-FULL-ULTRA-SUPERB-FS-RARITY-LOOK_W0QQitemZ250332453113QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item3a48fa18f9&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14</span></a></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Here is what PCGS has to say about a 1960-D without full steps</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">........................................................MS65....MS66</font></span></p><p>1960-D..4.......5.......6.......10.......15.......30.......900</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Here the key number is $30.00 which is what a 1960-D MS65 Jefferson Nickel is worth according to PCGS. The question has to do with, how serious of a collector are you? SEGS offers a way for you to purchase a coin that demonstrates 5 or 6 steps with nicks, ticks, and bridges in them. The nickel link above may be one of the highest quality nickels for this date if not the highest quality nickel known with 5 steps, but not having PCGS or any other TPG assign the much needed Full Step designation,or allowing you to add it to their registry set are you willing to pay $1,670.00 over grade price? </font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I believe the answer is no, since over the past few years this coin has been listed on ebay and it is still offered by the original owner. What is interesting, as time passes the ask price has increased. So, in the eyes of the holder who has 25 years of experience with Jefferson Nickels, this coin is a serious coin and one that will compliment any collection.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Bookman Old Style">Pocket_Change you also mentioned: </font></font><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Any comments on SEGS? I&#039;m still sticking by my belief that if a Jefferson is in a SEGS holder, it&#039;s probably more accurately graded than NGC or PCGS could do. That&#039;s what&#039;s rattling around in my head....</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Here is my response to this; I do not believe they (SEGS) offers a more accurately graded coin than NGC or PCGS. I do believe what they have done was offer you more information to the grade which is different than grading accurately. As a Jefferson Nickel collector I personally would say that if SEGS, PCGS, and a NGC would grade the same coin, on any given day, all three would assign the same number grade to the coin (so as a Jefferson Nickel collector it is the Big 2 along with SEGS). I am just trying to say that there is a consistency between the three. The difference here is; SEGS allows nicks, ticks, and bridges in the Jefferson nickels steps to assign a Full Step grade to it where the others do not. There is an interesting history to this but it did not take off. </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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