Jefferson's are tough coins...

I thought the Roosies were tough, but I think the Jeff's are even tougher. Most of what I see are junk, but every once and a great while a nice specimen appears. Sent this one on my last submission and was happy with the results.

Year: 1973

Grade: MS 66 5FS

Registry Points: 24

NGC Pop: 28/2 in 5FS and 4/3 in 6FS

Purchase Price: Self Made

Not especially rare by condition or Full Step status, but a sharp looking coin none the less. The Red Book for Jeff's states that 5FS coins are 1 in 3 and that 6FS coins are scarce. I guess perhaps the reason for low points being awarded to this coin. I'm at a loss as to why so low a points on the FS coins in this entire series, barring a few issues, given the difficulty of finding nice coins. As with this issue, they may be 1 in 3 with 5FS, but many are 64 and below.

This coin is sharply struck, blast white (little to no toning), has almost a cameo like frosting to the devices on the obverse and really nice step division. Happy to add this to my fledgling Jefferson Nickel Collection.

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