Paging the Jefferson experts! Grade and is it FS please...

MadMarty · July 27, 2008 12:07AM

I picked up some mint sets yesterday and found this... Thoughts on the grade and will it go Full Steps?

kryptonitecomics · July 27, 2008 12:12AM

MS65 5FS...shot 665FS...reverse looks very clean for a 66 but the obverse looks like a tweener to me 65/66

coinman420 · July 27, 2008 12:15AM

65FS from the pics.

DoubleEagle59 · July 27, 2008 12:15AM

FS yes,

but no way is that coin a 66

looks like a 65, next choice would be a very strict 64.

(by the way, I'm no Jefferson expert).

CarlWohlforth · July 27, 2008 12:17AM

Looks like a nice find!

larrynj · July 27, 2008 12:33AM

that planchet is way too rough to make even a 64, especially the reverse. could be a pcgs full steps, though it looks like a nick thru the 5th step under the 3rd column and some marks thru the steps between the 1st and 2nd columns,which would keep it from full steps designation. very rare coin in fs, so whatever the grade, it's a great coin.

dan383 · July 27, 2008 12:37AM

64 possible 65 , big price difference in the two..........

nice steps , look FS from picture . there are nine different d/s varieties , yours looks to have something going on in the middle of the D , though it does not appear to be variety 1 .

Nice toning , love that look on a Jefferson...........

Dan

coolest · July 27, 2008 12:38AM

I'd say a 63 or 64 with a good possibility of Full steps.

hammered54 · July 27, 2008 12:38AM

I agree, just too beat up, maybe a 63, as for full step's.... it could be.

seanq · July 27, 2008 12:39AM

MS64, no full steps. Here's why:

MS64: big nick on the lapel on the obverse, plus that carbon spot on the shoulder. Two horizontal nicks on the reverse under the T in MONTICELLO.

non-FS: I see a bridge under the second column between steps 3 and 4, that's the spot where a lot of FS nickels go to die.

Sean Reynolds

NIckelCollector · July 27, 2008 12:59AM

MS64

probably not FS - can't tell from pics

Nice coin in a very tough date!

coinkat · July 27, 2008 1:02AM

very nice... for the date it is terrific. I think 64FS is likely but 65 is quite possible. I would send it in.

edited to add: The field between Monticello and Five Cents is my issue and perhaps is the difference between 64 and 65 and FS, in my view, is appropriate

bolivarshagnasty · July 27, 2008 2:07AM

MadMarty, I say 64FS. Too much chatter on reverse to garner a 65. Nice find! Shag

percyb · July 27, 2008 2:15AM

I like the strike!! Lots of planchet noise and dings though. Not sure it would go 65.

stephunter · July 27, 2008 2:17AM

I'm thinking the same thing. Tough date though.

<< <i>MS64, no full steps. Here's why:

MS64: big nick on the lapel on the obverse, plus that carbon spot on the shoulder. Two horizontal nicks on the reverse under the T in MONTICELLO.

non-FS: I see a bridge under the second column between steps 3 and 4, that's the spot where a lot of FS nickels go to die.

Sean Reynolds >>

Steve27 · July 27, 2008 2:18AM

Here are pics of my MS65 non-FS 55-D; based on the comparison of the fields yours is a 64. As for FS, it might just make it. Although, with your history, they might see the chatter in the fields and give you a 58.

Edscoin · July 27, 2008 2:22AM

MS 64, Hard to tell by the pictures about the steps. Looks like a bridge in the 4th step, but might get a FS from PCGS.

duck620 · July 27, 2008 2:33AM

ms-65/fs

wikyva · July 27, 2008 2:59AM

I agree with the MS-64 crowd. I think the obverse is too beat up to go any higher.

LouisCamp · July 27, 2008 3:34AM

64FS

Lou

Coinsponge · July 27, 2008 3:45AM

I would guess a ms65 and there seems to be a break in the steps above the "c". May not qualify for FS but it is an attractive nickel.

ksteelheader · July 27, 2008 4:13AM

64 FS

leothelyon · July 27, 2008 7:06AM

Great photography! I think it grades $5 but what do I know?

Leo

keets · July 27, 2008 7:18AM

as i said in the PM, Marty, MS63 no FS due to the gouge interrupting step five under the third pillar. PCGS likes you, though, so it may be awarded a grade of MS65FS. i gave up on the MS Jeffersons over two years ago because they exhibit absolutely nothing close to consistent attribution regarding the designation, awarding it to coins with Leo's "pushed metal" syndrome and interrupted step lines.