The quintessential 2006D Jefferson.

The other slab image in the HA archive seems to show that it's not toning. Strike-through?

 

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Yeah, that's the one I noticed most. It looks to me like a blurring of the coin's underlying features, exactly what I'd expect from an out-of-focus scuff on the slab. I see some similar action on the left (our left) of the portico.

 

Whoa, I missed those shots! Yeah, that really highlights the chin scar, and also the rim nicks. CLEARLY not just toning.

The full-slab reverse shot also makes those "blurry spots" on the reverse look different. Still perceptible, though.

 

That is what I was referring too. That mark is planchet roughness. The roughness was too deep to be struck out.

 

Ab -so-fricken-lute-ly not! I think that maybe two rich people got into a "mine's bigger than yours," match and bought the slab, not the coin.

 

I have a ways to go before I'll be able to distinguish that kind of planchet roughness from a hit. What's your opinion on those rim dings?

 

I wonder what @Lehigh96 thinks of this one as a top pop?

 

I believe you on that one.

 

I think there’s more VIP grading then you think. I’d give a MS 68 to any handsome man that took me dancing

 

Keep them on a pillow or something after you bust them open on a cash register drawer. I do think you’ll really enjoy checking them out.

 

So sad. (2) dollar and a dream

 

Hey, I'll take 2 dollars and a dream over 2 dollars without one.

 

Well your having a blast ain’t ya. Like in listening to you today

 

Bravo

 

I am feeling a bit of relief, the past few years have taken a toll.

 

While technically, the coin qualifies for MS68, I wouldn't want this coin in my collection. I agree with the assessment that the area on the chin is a planchet flaw, and I understand that the coin is as struck, and that TPGs don't count planchet flaws against the grade, but an MS68 is supposed to be near perfect, and there is no way I would want a flaw that size on my MS68.

The price is absolutely insane. There are thousands upon thousands of rolls of these out there. The reason why the MS68's haven't showed up is because they are too new and nobody has really submitted them yet. The total population across all grades is less than 1K.

 

How modern do you collect? It is nice to see that they figure out how to get FS, in this series the obverse is the one to find with the problems.

 

Planchet flaws and manufacturing problems do count once you get passed the MS-65 grade. There is no way a coin could have a planchet flaw like that and grade MS-68.

 

After 1987, almost all of my coins are homemades. I bought a few 90's coins years ago, and most of my slots from 2000 to present in my Registry set are empty.

 

That is fine to say, but in practice, both TPGs allow planchet roughness to the MS67 level, and I have even seen some MS68s with it as well. For example:




That said, I have only ever owned two MS68 Jefferson Nickels, and they were both war nickels devoid of planchet roughness.