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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 25926043, member: 15309"]Reveal: 1938-D Jefferson Nickel NGC MS66</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wPIxtxx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My thought process on this coin was that it had MS67 5FS surfaces, but that the rim problem would prevent that grade. NGC usually doesn't penalize for rims like this so I thought they would net grade it to MS66+ 5FS.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the steps go, the standard for the reverse of 38 is much different than that for the reverse of 40. Bridges and interrupting marks are allowed as long as the overall step detail is good, and the 5th step is complete under the 3rd pillar. To my eye, the 5th step is certainly complete, though there is a little weakness. I have had much worse 5th steps than this one come back with full steps. NGC did not agree with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the current poll, 3 people guessed MS66: [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] [USER=72008]@kSigSteve[/USER] [USER=73606]@derkerlegand[/USER] Great job guys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 25926043, member: 15309"]Reveal: 1938-D Jefferson Nickel NGC MS66 [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/wPIxtxx.jpg[/IMG] My thought process on this coin was that it had MS67 5FS surfaces, but that the rim problem would prevent that grade. NGC usually doesn't penalize for rims like this so I thought they would net grade it to MS66+ 5FS. As far as the steps go, the standard for the reverse of 38 is much different than that for the reverse of 40. Bridges and interrupting marks are allowed as long as the overall step detail is good, and the 5th step is complete under the 3rd pillar. To my eye, the 5th step is certainly complete, though there is a little weakness. I have had much worse 5th steps than this one come back with full steps. NGC did not agree with me. Based on the current poll, 3 people guessed MS66: [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] [USER=72008]@kSigSteve[/USER] [USER=73606]@derkerlegand[/USER] Great job guys.[/QUOTE]
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