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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 26007967, member: 15309"]The reverse of 38 is much easier to get full steps. I expected #1 to be FS, and thought #2 had an outside chance. I have no idea why both services skunked #4, it looks like a cut and dry full steps to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I submit Jefferson Nickels, I almost always submit coins that have a shot at full steps. NGC gave me 1 full step coin out of 10, and the one they gave full steps to, they undergraded. A novice grader would look at the 41-D in hand and know that it was an MS67 5FS. The only coin I thought PCGS was hard on was #4, but considering what they did with #7 & #8, I can't be anything but thrilled with the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>The worst part is that these 10 only represent the tip of the iceberg. We all know about the phantom wheel mark on my 1943/2-P that PCGS ended up grading MS66FS. Then there is the 1983-P MS68 5FS that they called a partial error making it ineligible for the registry. That coin is currently at PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Qg35hhq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is to say nothing of the stack of MS67 war nickels that should have full steps but don't and I am leary of cracking them because I am not sure they will get MS67 from PCGS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 26007967, member: 15309"]The reverse of 38 is much easier to get full steps. I expected #1 to be FS, and thought #2 had an outside chance. I have no idea why both services skunked #4, it looks like a cut and dry full steps to me. When I submit Jefferson Nickels, I almost always submit coins that have a shot at full steps. NGC gave me 1 full step coin out of 10, and the one they gave full steps to, they undergraded. A novice grader would look at the 41-D in hand and know that it was an MS67 5FS. The only coin I thought PCGS was hard on was #4, but considering what they did with #7 & #8, I can't be anything but thrilled with the results. The worst part is that these 10 only represent the tip of the iceberg. We all know about the phantom wheel mark on my 1943/2-P that PCGS ended up grading MS66FS. Then there is the 1983-P MS68 5FS that they called a partial error making it ineligible for the registry. That coin is currently at PCGS. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Qg35hhq.jpg[/IMG] And this is to say nothing of the stack of MS67 war nickels that should have full steps but don't and I am leary of cracking them because I am not sure they will get MS67 from PCGS.[/QUOTE]
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