Would the 1961-D Jefferson,w/Partial-Steps,considered> Rare?

I found a Certified 1961-D Jeff-Anacs/Slab, that I thought had ( 4-Plus/Steps) Sure looked like 4-Plus to me, until I put it under a digital Microscope, :kewl:Boy! the hits sure come out then...So I'm going to peel off my sticker, an be safe to say, (Partial-Steps) on this coin.

Actually', most Jeffs' in this date are weakly-detailed,due to using
over-worked Dies. (The 1960-D also fits-in this area also).
Trying to find a (Full-Step) Jefferson in this date, would be like trying to Win-The-Lottery. It's a >>> 1 out of a 5000 Shot! I'm pretty sure a few Wealthy Jeff-Collector's already have most of them.

Bernard Nagengast said in his book,(The Jefferson Nickel Analyst) that anything even remotely' Approaching (Five-Full-Steps) is rarely seen,let alone getting one of these. So I'm going to be content with what I have
here. I just wanted to show you this coin, i'ts in MS, an fairly decent strike for this year. I have photo(s) for your judgement call. :high5:Enjoy!

 

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Well, I think you answered your own question.

If Nagengast says 5 FS is a 1:5000 shot, and he says anything close to FS is "rarely seen", and you have something close to 5 FS, then I'd say it's "rare."

 

By the way, don't use a digital microscope to look at the steps with anything more than 20X. Everything has marks at high magnification. If you can't see the mark with 10X, or really even 7X, then it doesn't matter.