Oooooooh so close!!! A 1954S Treat for you Jefferson Guys.

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This nickel is in my raw collection of Jeffersons which I purchased a few weeks ago. A lot of the coins have full steps, so whoever started it had an eye for detail. Included in the bunch is this coin, which is kinda nice, and the steps are juuuuuust about there. There is a weakness on the bottom two steps under the second pillar, other than that, it's about as full a step 54S as I've seen thus far.

coinkat

great looking example of a tough date

keets

hey Frank

it's a bit hard to tell with the light cranked up, but the coin was either struck with extremely worn dies or it's not Mint State, in which case the FS designation wouldn't be awarded if they were in fact full. that's where a lot of collectors run into trouble with Jeffersons, they mistake AU's for Mint State coins.

al h.

darktone

Nice looking coin Frank. Most of the 54-S nickels I own don't even show one step! mike

darktone

Al, I am not really a nickel guy but I have noticed extremely weak obverses on the 54-S nickels in my mint sets- in fact the last 54 set I bought was from a dealer that said the set was sold once but returned because the buyer thought the nickels were circulated( they were not circulated but just very weak strikes). mike

airplanenut

Will this go FS?

darktone

Looks more like a wheelchair ramp than a set of steps!

jdp2

Uhh, Frank, where's the S?

airplanenut

<< <i>Uhh, Frank, where's the S? >>

To the right of Monticello

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Al:

I think the coin is definitely uncirculated. It's got a semi-prooflike fields, which makes it somewhat difficult to take a picture of up close. A shot a little further back shows more detail, and you can even see some of the die polish marks on the upper left of the reverse. Some of the coins have toned awesome colors in this set, so I thought I'd include a few of them

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That's a neat looking 54S you got there Jeremy!

aeast236

Like those colors Frank. Would love to see more

solid

Frank,

Nice colors on some of those nickels!

Jeremy,

I love the color on that nickel, but I think what you got there in front of Monticello is a Fast Slide

Ken

airplanenut

<< <i>Jeremy,

I love the color on that nickel, but I think what you got there in front of Monticello is a Fast Slide >>

Just goes to show that if my coins were lifesize, we'd all have more fun

I have a whole album toned like this

jdp2

Oops, my bad, forgot to scroll to the right.

CoinAddict

Frank, what's the date on that awesomely toned Jefferson that is in the middle of the second picture you posted?

Coppernicus

Nice coin Frank - I just started building a war nickel set in PCGS MS66 but am not really interested in the FS designation. My goal is to have a nicely matched set in terms of obverse color/strike and weak or missing steps isn't that big of a deal. Plus, I can build my set for way fewer $s than if I wanted them all to be 66FS.

Anybody else like the war nicks?

Mike

solid

My set started with the war nickels, then sort of expanded into '38-'64,
then ya gotta have those varieties, then got hooked on color coins, then...

baccaruda

I think ol' Tom must of used the back door on that coin, Jeremy.

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Kyle - that's the 54P