How many complete steps do you see?

Coinscratch

@Maywood said:
I know the coin below is a Proof, but I use it to illustrate what a true six-step Jefferson Nickel should look like. It should alleviate any disagreement about what the top step is --- it is the "Stylobate" that the pillars rest on. Absent that no true six-step coin would be possible. This image also illustrates what the step area would look like to conform with the stated definition of "Full Steps" from the PCGS Grading and Counterfeit Detection" book. Frankly, I'm perplexed that so many otherwise competent Numismatists are confused/misinformed/ignorant of these points.

As I posted earlier on page one, this is why I sold my Full Step Jefferson Nickel collection many years ago. The FS attribution on these coins is consistently inconsistent at best and a joke at worst. I still have raw coins and am interested in the series but cannot justify spending money on what appears as a fantasy in many holders, a "Full Step" coin.

I'll see your six and raise you seven.

Maywood

@Coinscratch, do you think that was a hubbing error or a striking error??

Coinscratch

@Maywood said:
@Coinscratch, do you think that was a hubbing error or a striking error??

You got me? But you can almost count 9 maybe some kind of machine doubling.

Aspie_Rocco

True view images can sometimes distort the steps, I have personally seen a trueview of a 1953 proof with wild looking extra steps, only to buy it and when in hand, totally normal looking