I hate Jefferson nickels with no full steps.

[Hoot]

Simply cannot stand them.

 

 

Hoot

[bigd5]

Yeah, they're AWFUL!

[jom]

Actually, I do NOT like Jefferson nickels regardless of the steps. But, as with another coin I've never cared for the Franklin, there sure as hell a lot of really nicely toned ones....such as that one of yours Hoot. I just wish there was as many obtainable Buffalos that looked like that I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for.

 

jom

[spy88]

HEY!!!!!

 

You guys cease and desist with the neg vibes about FS Jeffs or else I'll sic Leo on yall!!! Right Leo?

 

Leo???

 

You there Leo??

 

Er, sorry guys...gotta go!

[solid]

Yeah, they really stink up the place!

 

Just to rub it in, I'll post a thread of the no-step

nickel I got today...

 

Ken

 

P.S. Great nickel and wonderful photos - wish I could do that!

[ozwald-migration]

I hate Jefferson nickels with no full steps.

 

Unless they have killer eye appeal like the one you just posted.

[Hoot]

I simply cannot let it go... (Thanks Greg! )

 

 

Hoot

[Hoot]

I paid a lot for this horrid piece - straight trade with a friend!

 

It's awful - don't look. Hoot

 

[Wihlborg]

I hate Jefferson nickels with no full steps.

 

Simply cannot stand them.

 

Funny Hoot, very funny!

 

All joking aside, those are some beautiful Jefferson’s you posted. Are you tiring of chasing after the buffs? If so you know where to reach me when you want to sell some of those ugly buffs to raise money to buy more of those beautiful, wonderful, stupendous Jefferson’s.

 

John

[Hoot]

I hate Jefferson nickels with no full steps.

 

Simply cannot stand them.

 

Funny Hoot, very funny!

 

All joking aside, those are some beautiful Jefferson’s you posted. Are you tiring of chasing after the buffs? If so you know where to reach me when you want to sell some of those ugly buffs to raise money to buy more of those beautiful, wonderful, stupendous Jefferson’s.

 

John

 

I hate buffs too. No full steps.

 

[HaydenTubbs]

 

I hate buffs too. No full steps.

 

 

At least some have full horns

[Leothelion]

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

YOU GUYS ARE NUTS!!!!!!

 

Jeff nickels without STEPS! That's just crazy!

 

 

Leo

[Count_Erfit]

Me too. The thought of Tom slipping all the way down to the ground is horrendous. And....how would he get back in? A window? Is that a dignified way for a president to enter his house?

 

[Hoot]

Well hell, ol' Jeff has been fallin' off the last step for a long, long time. Just think of all those foolish FS collectors out there with mere 5 step examples! Hoot

 

[TomB]

Dang, Hoot! They look nice! That's no easy accomplishment with that series!

[airplanenut]

I hate them, too! This stupid one's not FS... just a measly MS67:

 

 

 

 

...and I've got an original Mehrig album with each and every nickel toned... this is the nicest color, but not the nicest steps...

 

 

 

Jeremy

[ldhair]

Hi Jeremy

You do a really great job of showing the luster in one image and the color in the next.

 

May I ask how you change your settings to capture this?

[airplanenut]

ld,

 

I've actually modified my procedure since I took that shot... but it's similar--the only thing I'm upset about is that you can't capture the flow of lustre--nickels that are lustrous look incredible when moved in light... you should see the whole run of shots I made by moving the light a tad, shooting, moving the light again...

 

Anyhoo, onto my picture-taking...

 

To capture lustre, I use one or two desktop swivel lamps with 75-W soft white indoor floods. I start with one and move it to a spot where the camera picks up good lustre--I usually prefer to start around 10 o'clock. Then, if the coin warrants it (most do) I take the second lamp and place it so the two lamps are literally touching each other. I then move the second lamp away from the first as needed to best bring out the lustre. You'll find with some coins, like morgans and Franklins, that two cartwheels are formed when the lights are touching, and they converge as the lights get further apart. I place the lights so the reflection in a slab is just beyond the coins rim.

 

For color, I take one lamp and tape a piece of laserjet paper to it (it's thinner than inkjet). I tape the two shorter ends, so the minimum of the U shape is as far as possible from the light (does a better diffusion job, and is safer).

 

Here are some examples with coins I photographed last night (which I have to ship back tomorrow ):

 

This PCGS MS64FS is show with both methods (unfortunately, the obverse doesn't have really flashy lustre... oh, well... I got first dibs on the coins and bought this one )

 

 

Here's PCGS MS66FS to show how the lustre shows up on a really flashy nickel:

 

 

Now, as I was saying about different kinds of lustre... these coins were all taken with two lights being used--the different series have totally different types of lustre (the Franklin I've owned for a few months)...

 

PCGS MS66:

 

PCGS MS65:

 

Super-old PCI MS63 (easy 64+ today)

 

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Also, if anyone thinks this deserves its own thread, I'll gladly copy it

 

Jeremy

[Bruceswar]

ll nice coins... but the photos are better