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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 695434, member: 15309&quot;]Larry,</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems as though you are a little ticked off.&nbsp; Unfortunately, you have confused me more than you enlightened me.&nbsp; Let me start by saying that I am an avid collector of Jefferson Nickels.&nbsp; I am not big on varieties, and have not seen anywhere near the number of nickels that you have.&nbsp; However, I do own the 3rd ranked war nickel set and 6th ranked 1938-64 Jefferson set in the NGC registry and understand the grading standards employed by both PCGS and NGC very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have never seen an SEGS graded Jefferson Nickel and know nothing about your grading standards other than what has been posted in this thread.&nbsp; You stated in your post: <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red">Five or Six step coins (even with nicks/ticks or bridges) are worth more than non Five or Six step coins of the same grade; therefore SEGS provides the additional tools required to form a more cohesive opinion of the coin being offered “sight-seen” or “sight-unseen”.</span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial">In your very next sentence you stated:&nbsp; </font></span></font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red">SEGS has never deemed a coin “Five Full Steps” or “Six Full Steps” and then added nicks, ticks, or bridges to the label. </span></font><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial">This is where I am confused.&nbsp; 6stepstucky posted a link to a photo that shows an SEGS holder with the following information:&nbsp; <span style="color: Blue">5 STEPS/BRIDGES/NICKS</span>.&nbsp; Which one is it?&nbsp; The photographic evidence would lead me to believe that your post was hasty and therefore, unclear.&nbsp; </font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial">As for the overall opinion and reputation of SEGS vs PCGS &amp; NGC, that is a result of the court of public opinion.&nbsp; You are free to believe that PCGS &amp; NGC are regarded as more consistent and conservative because of their size and a well marketed propaganda campaign, but I promise you that signing up on a coin forum simply to admonish some of it&#039;s members will not help your company&#039;s reputation at all.</font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial">Paul</font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial">PS.&nbsp; 200,000 Jeffersons.&nbsp; Why are you hoarding all of the nickels man?&nbsp; Sell some of them to the rest of us.:headbang:</font></span></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: Red"><font size="2"><span style="color: Black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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