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I’ll say MS65 due to reverse chatter. Nice looking coin.

1960 D full step MS nickel.

Looks like a die crack to me. Good eye.

Thank you Maribeth. Have a wonderful day.

If you could post a couple of pics of both sides of the coin and orient them right side up, members will be able to help you a little better. Its hard to see details when the pic is upside down and at an angle. Also, a brief description of what you are asking about will help a lot.

Hello and welcome to the forum. Not exactly sure what you are referring to but It looks like a dirty nickel to me. Got some gunk on it.

I agree with everyone about the steps. There are several spots that take this out of the running for an FS designation. I have a few pieces myself with the FS designation that I don’t believe deserve it. I think it happens more than people realize.

Hello, I was wanting to let someone know that the point values for the 1954 Jefferson Nickel 5 and 6 Full Step (and maybe the others too) coins are all over the place. Some are duplicate point values for different grades. Higher grade coins have a lower point value, etc. There seems to be a glitch on this particular coin. I think you will see what I am talking about. Thanks.

Extremely questionable to say the least. 2020 was the anniversary date and I don't see the mint making that kind of mistake (adding a privy mark to the die a year early). And to have 2 of them? I could be wrong, but I say fake.

1 minute ago, J P Mashoke said:

She did like the gold I think that will be next on the list. I am in luck she had a good time looking at the coins. a $1299.00 gold Indian head did catch her eye

I would take full advantage of that while the gettin is good my friend. Sounds like she has good taste.

55 minutes ago, J P Mashoke said:

Well today the wife and I went coin shopping at a real nice coin shop in Nashville and we got some big coins. My wife said what are the shiny coins over there?

So we decided to get two of them ,the first year and the last year 

Looks like some nice ones. Im sure there are plenty of “shiny” coins you can show your wife if she is that easy to please. Show her some shiny early mercs or walkers. Gold shines very nice too. 

It looks like your seller changes his prices for different conditions of his coins. Hopefully you will get a decent piece. 

I have purchased from both JMBullion and SDBullion with no trouble. I believe JMBullion is a little cheaper than the other. Just gives you a couple more options to look at.

40 minutes ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

Don't ask me, I know nothing of the coins...but is the example given true, a 1000-fold increase in price ?  Even 100x increase would be alot though I understand that the Full Steps thing is important for the nickles.

 

 

The link I posted above in my earlier post is the coin I am using as an example. Yes, they want $6000 for a MS65 non FS coin. NGC price guide for same coin is $25. 

I just don’t see the justification of a price of $6000 for a coin that has a normal value of $25. A MS65 Jefferson Nickel with no FS designation is just that. Not worth much of anything. Putting a MAC sticker on that is saying it has 4 complete steps still isn’t worth much of anything. How can they justify the price jump?

I believe this is where George Lucas got the inspiration for Lobot from Star Wars.

They should just put a sticker on that says “ALMOST MADE IT, BUT PAY US ANYWAY”. $6k for a MS65? C’mon son. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-S-JEFFERSON-NICKEL-NGC-MS65-4FS-PQ-MAC-2ND-FINEST-REGISTRY-20-000-IN-FS-/402683246455?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

I wonder if CAC would sticker one of these green labels?

https://www.amazon.com/18mm-Dime-Coin-Capsules-10-pack/dp/B006G78AOY

Can’t quite see these very well. Can you post some other pics? Maybe a few close up shots of both sides on a few coins?

2 minutes ago, SabrinaRenee said:

That was my first thought too. Still is my oldest coin, so far. 

It’s still pretty cool.

I would say it was turned into a piece of jewelry or the like at some point. That happened quite a bit back in the day.