FS:1953-P Jefferson PCGS-65FS Full Step poptop
nicknut12
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For Sale:
1953-P Jeff pop top PCGS-65FS. $10,000.
Full Strike, Nice color, bold steps. High End 65.
Perhaps the finest known.
Has been in my personal collection for 15 years.
Just looking to raise some cash to feed my Seated
coin addiction.
Good quality scans available to interested buyers.
Regards, Steve. nicknut12@aol.com
1953-P Jeff pop top PCGS-65FS. $10,000.
Full Strike, Nice color, bold steps. High End 65.
Perhaps the finest known.
Has been in my personal collection for 15 years.
Just looking to raise some cash to feed my Seated
coin addiction.
Good quality scans available to interested buyers.
Regards, Steve. nicknut12@aol.com
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The pop on the 53-S may be slightly higher, but 90% plus
of those 53-S are the extremely weak strikes in PCGS-64FS.
So, I have always considered 53-S to be tougher, but they
are both almost impossible.
If your going to spend a lot of money on one coin, it
is always nice to buy a coin that is also high in quality.
Happy steppin. Steve.
Due to massive demand, I now will post scans
of said coin.
Why is this coin not yet in a PCGS-66FS holder?
Lemme hear your opinions
Regards, Steve.
I was a collector/dealer specializing in the fullsteps
throughout the 80's and 90's.
Part-time and very over-involved.
Many dealers used to laugh at me when I would
tell them I was a buyer of nickel rolls.
The main reason I did it, was to further my collection
of high quality fullsteppers. Which was my obsession.
This 53-P is the first from my personal collection
that I have offered for sale.
Just happended to be the one that slabbed first,
and as I stated before, I'm just trying to
raise some cash to further my seated coin addiction.
Regards, Steve.
Very nice! Looks similar in strike to my coin but your steps look better. There are a couple of tags on my steps. BTW, I was the first to certify a MS65 5 step coin with ANACS. Then later that year someone slabbed another and sold it on Teletrade for $600. Back then I thought, wow, my coin is worth that much? The coin that sold last April for $8050 was the best I've ever seen for this date but their was a vertical thin nick in the steps. You can pretty much see the nick in the picture B&M provides. See first pic!
Your coin shows a nice hefty nick above the first step, from the looks of it, that was a very close call.
Again, like I said in the pm, I think 7 to 10 G's is a bit of a stretch for this coin today. There are very few coins for certain dates that need to be fully struck to get accurately certified. The pops are obscured with this problem but there are folks out there that don't know any better.
I'm almost half tempted to make that drive if I knew you had some EDS material for me! Especially an EDS 53 with 4 steps, that would turn me on! lol
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
So your saying that a 53-P 65FS with large step nick has sold for $8000.
But MY coin, with SUPERB condition and SUPERB steps, is worth less than
$5,000?
Is that what your saying? Hmmm.
Well maybe, but this is a very rare coin in a very rare grade.
We both know that.
I have owned the coin for 15 years, I can own it a little longer.
Till I find the right price/buyer. Who knows, a year or two from
now, It may be worth $20,000.
Regards, Steve.
As they certify more 53's or any date for that matter, the price usually comes down. That's why the coin needs to be of equal or higher quality then that same date coin. And of course, there are 6 coins graded at this level but they do not have the same qualities. Regardless of a nick on the steps and it depends on the mindset of the collectors, I believe quality plays a major role in pricing. For example, I had the 2nd 53-S MS65FS certified but is it worth 20 grand if the other coin sold for such a price, I'm not certain of that.
Another factor that may have played on the $8050 coin was that the set was complete and sold through a major auction house. That coin attracted alot of attention. I would like to think the popularity of the Jefferson
nickels has extended beyond the crowd here and it certainly has. But how do you reach those folks?
What I and others may think is all a matter of opinion. But I believe the overall quality of the coin has always been a factor, as it has been with any series.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
That is my point from the beginning of this thread.
My claim is that this coin is quite possibly the finest known.
I cannot for sure say it is the finest known, because I have
not seen all of them in person.
This coin has superb "full step" eye appeal. It has everything
a long time full step collector yearns for in their fullsteppers. (as does your 53-S)
And I have displayed high quality scans to prove it.
Therefore, I have offered it for sale at a high price.
You may be right that the price is too high for todays market.
No one has as yet mailed me a check for the coin.
If/when someone wants to buy it, they know who to send an email to.
Regards, Steve.
The steps are more appealing than those on mine. Yet, the overall appearance of my coin
is quite equal to Steve's. I regret that I don't have a pic that justifies my coin that I can post.
As for the the 53-S, recent auction coins have really poor pics or the coins are not even close to the
grade of the 53-P's in this thread. (I may have missed a nice one offered)
My 1953, MS65FS was a real find and in many ways, a true incentive in regards to my collecting.
I'm still looking for the open dates now.
Bob
(BOSTON BOB'S)
The Possibly finest known 53-P MS-65FS is
still available.
How's about $9000 then?
Do I have any takers at $9000?
Lemme know.
Regards, Steve.
The sale ofthese two coins may help get a price estimate on your coin.
1953 PCGS MS65FS
1953 NGC MS66 5FS
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
How about $7500?
the two coins sold recently at auction both
went for about $6500.
And my coin is PQ. (see scans)
Regards, Steve.