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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2482350, member: 15309"]Based on what I'm seeing, the coin seems to have 6 Full Steps. The number of complete lines +1 equals the number of steps. Your coin has 5 complete lines, so 6 full steps. As for the grade, you need to provide photos of the entire coin, obverse and reverse, without tilting or angling the coin. From the photos you provided, it looks MS64 to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jason, if what you are seeing is actually a bridge and not an effect of the angle of the photo, then I agree that it would probably not grade FS at NGC. However, I think PCGS would call this coin FS even if that very slight bridge exists.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, here are the NGC census for this date in MS:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS (No Full Steps): 15</p><p>MS 5FS: 8</p><p>MS 6FS: 143[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2482350, member: 15309"]Based on what I'm seeing, the coin seems to have 6 Full Steps. The number of complete lines +1 equals the number of steps. Your coin has 5 complete lines, so 6 full steps. As for the grade, you need to provide photos of the entire coin, obverse and reverse, without tilting or angling the coin. From the photos you provided, it looks MS64 to me. Jason, if what you are seeing is actually a bridge and not an effect of the angle of the photo, then I agree that it would probably not grade FS at NGC. However, I think PCGS would call this coin FS even if that very slight bridge exists. +1 +1 Yes, here are the NGC census for this date in MS: MS (No Full Steps): 15 MS 5FS: 8 MS 6FS: 143[/QUOTE]
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