Five or Half Dime Friday! Post yours also...

[SensibleSal66]

Hello everyone! It's Friday again and another coin-themed thread. Calling this one "Five or Half Dime Friday!".
Please post your Nickels and or Silver Half dimes. I have a few Shield nickels, Buffalo's and Jefferson nickels (not George either, ).
The Half dime has been a "bucket lister" for me in Metal Detecting and in just coin collecting for a long time.
Here are a few of my Five cent coins.....

[Redline68]

[Redline68]

I'll post one more with drapery and arrows. I notice its not unusual to see die clashes in half dimes.

[Redline68]

What the heck. One more as it is different than the other two. These are my 15c worth of half dimes.

[Westin]

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[mikev50]

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[kurtspringmann]

A couple of Jefferson OMM, my 1955 D/S needs a better photo since I only have it in a holder shot, so here are the 1949-D/S and 1954-S/D.

[Westin]

A couple of Jefferson OMM, my 1955 D/S needs a better photo since I only have it in a holder shot, so here are the 1949-D/S and 1954-S/D.

I'm guessing that these are sorta impossible to get FS because they were gone by the time the OMM got placed, yes? They're very nice looking coins for the late die state.

[MUMIN]

1883 V nickel.
I paid 20 dollars for it online purchase today.
Is it roll marks of 2 lines on obverse and reverse?I don't know if it's okay.I posted a picture of the dealer because the item hasn't arrived yet.The picture is blurry.I'll post a clear picture again later.

[kurtspringmann]

A couple of Jefferson OMM, my 1955 D/S needs a better photo since I only have it in a holder shot, so here are the 1949-D/S and 1954-S/D.

I'm guessing that these are sorta impossible to get FS because they were gone by the time the OMM got placed, yes? They're very nice looking coins for the late die state.

Your guess would be correct.
The 1949 is *possible* with a total population of 8 (all PCGS), but not realistically achievable.
PCGS or NGC has never graded a 1954 or 1955 OMM FS.

My 1955 is an ANACS because I wanted an actual FS-501 and the vast majority of PCGS and NGC are just labeled as overdates, as their are 12 different varieties for 1955 unlike the other two and I never could find one that actually looked like an FS-501 outside of the ANACS that was attributed and indeed appears as an FS-501. http://varietyvista.com/05%20JN%20RPMs/OMMs%201955D.htm Hence no good pictures yet as I've been too busy with that baseball stuff.

[tjm8755]

FS101, nice DDO

[Earle42]

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Wow Westin...amazingly colorful key date! I cannot match that, but here is one of my most treasured Canadian Nickels. It actually got a Full Whiskers designation! It missed out on the FTS (Full Tail Scales though).

Disclaimer for newbies (& others unfortunate enough not to have a natural gene for appreciating the amazing variety and designs to be discovered by collecting Canadian nickels )... total tongue in cheek post.

No grading company has tried a marketing plan yet to make more money by offering a FW or FTS slab label, but that may change when they see this post

Although when making this post I was going to use a tombac 1942 nickel, but could not find a picture of one that had a full set of whiskers!

[Westin]

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Wow Westin...amazingly colorful key date! I cannot match that, but here is one of my most treasured Canadian Nickels. It actually got a Full Whiskers designation! It missed out on the FTS (Full Tail Scales though).
1970_FW copy.jpg

Disclaimer for newbies (& others unfortunate enough not to have a natural gene for appreciating the amazing variety and designs to be discovered by collecting Canadian nickels )... total tongue in cheek post.

No grading company has tried a marketing plan yet to make more money by offering a FW or FTS slab label, but that may change when they see this post

Although when making this post I was going to use a tombac 1942 nickel, but could not find a picture of one that had a full set of whiskers!

Haha, funny! 1970 actually is a lower mintage date though. I don't normally find one in a box. I'm surprised it didn't get full date designation too. It has all 4 digits too.

[Earle42]

I was thinking of submitting it for these as well:

Wow...that graphic is 8 years old already!

Haha, funny! 1970 actually is a lower mintage date though. I don't normally find one in a box. I'm surprised it didn't get full date designation too. It has all 4 digits too.

The ones I have were actually found in circulation...long ago! Back then we saw how low the mintage was and always kept an eye out for them.

[MUMIN]

FW.FS or FWS(Full WaveS)/PL

[Marvic]

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. . . . . My one and only 6 Full Step-per

[Marvic]

I was thinking of submitting it for these as well:
Ike_Slab_Parody_1977-D$1-4-20-16.jpg
Wow...that graphic is 8 years old already!

Haha, funny! 1970 actually is a lower mintage date though. I don't normally find one in a box. I'm surprised it didn't get full date designation too. It has all 4 digits too.

The ones I have were actually found in circulation...long ago! Back then we saw how low the mintage was and always kept an eye out for them.

Now that is hilarious!
Love the - "Coin Rotation 0%"
- "Slab Label Centered"

[kurtspringmann]

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. . . . . My one and only 6 Full Step-per

Interesting, my only 6FS is also a 1943-D.
There are very few of them to none in most years, which is why PCGS called any 5 or 6 steps FS when they jumped on the steps train.
CAC went the other way, to get FS the coin must have 6 full steps.
CAC has graded a total of 9 from 1938-1964 (5 of them 1944-D), so that will not be a collectible thing for them.

[kurtspringmann]

I was thinking of submitting it for these as well:
Ike_Slab_Parody_1977-D$1-4-20-16.jpg
Wow...that graphic is 8 years old already!

Haha, funny! 1970 actually is a lower mintage date though. I don't normally find one in a box. I'm surprised it didn't get full date designation too. It has all 4 digits too.

The ones I have were actually found in circulation...long ago! Back then we saw how low the mintage was and always kept an eye out for them.

Now that is hilarious!
Love the - "Coin Rotation 0%"
- "Slab Label Centered"

Sadly, it needs to be re-submitted as a mechanical error.
It is not rectangular, with total corner angles of only 359.043 degrees.
I mean who would want such a poorly slabbed coin in their fine collection?
We should consider starting a 'slab reverse' stickering company -- lots of space back there.

[Earle42]

THe graphic was originally made for another thread on another forum when someone there made a post about a company startup, I think it was MACACS (?), that was going to offer a second opinion on CAC stickers.

I said something to the effect of just how ironic this was b/c when slabbing first became a thing, te people I was associated with saw it as a total sham by a group of businessmen trying to find a way to profit from numismatics by inserting themselves between buyer and seller. We made a joke back then (please forgive the following terms, but it is a fact of what we said back then) that people would one day be "stupid" enough to then pay someone else money to grade how well the slab grader's did their job!

I understand that now that slabbing and CAC stickers are not questioned by a lot of people. And I do not think it "stupid" to get a coin slabbed when wanting to sell a coin for best profits. It a person does, not, the next person will. And since there are collectors of slabs, I understand full why dealers get coins slabbed to please their customer base...just makes sense.

The CAC sticker also can improve profits when sold. So again, I understand why people do it.

I just would like to see people learning the reality of these systems and they are not getting what they think they are paying for. I will be behind verifiable slabbing when it finally gets here. I don't know if I will collect that way as I still have no interest in paying for someone else to give me their opinion on something in my own collection that I enjoy, and besdies that if it becomes verifiable, then it is within my nature to be a DIY'er anyway.

But I will be glad when people will be less susceptible to being marketing muppets (not a negative term...just a descriptor of how marketing strives to work). To be clear I am NOT saying everyone getting coins slabbed fits that description. I am using the term in a context of how I sometimes find myself to be too quick to buy something based upon marketing/reviews etc., and later find out I should have done my homework to get a better product/deal/value. We all do it.

[Earle42]

Sadly, it needs to be re-submitted as a mechanical error.
It is not rectangular, with total corner angles of only 359.043 degrees.
I mean who would want such a poorly slabbed coin in their fine collection?
We should consider starting a 'slab reverse' stickering company -- lots of space back there.

OH NO Kurt! You caught the easter egg! Congratulations on being the only person so far to do so after sharing this online now for 8 years. It was a built in statement to the actual level of expertise being used in modern times to grade coins.

[Marvic]

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. . . . . My one and only 6 Full Step-per

Interesting, my only 6FS is also a 1943-D.
There are very few of them to none in most years, which is why PCGS called any 5 or 6 steps FS when they jumped on the steps train.
CAC went the other way, to get FS the coin must have 6 full steps.
CAC has graded a total of 9 from 1938-1964 (5 of them 1944-D), so that will not be a collectible thing for them.

This "D" War Nickels Mintage and Steps don't matter much price-wise.
- 1943-P FS has a mintage of 271.1 Million MS-65FS $35
- 1943-D FS has a mintage of 15.2 Million MS-65FS $30
- 1943-S FS has a mintage of 104 Milloin MS-65FS $35
Reference: (Red Book (A Guide Book of US Coins - MEGA RED 9th Edition)
. . . . I don't understand the price for the 1943-D with a much lower mintage.

[Jimbo]

Love to attain an 1871 San Francisco half dime…
They’re super expensive!!!

[Marvic]

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Westin Lovely coin, can you show me where I can find the "7 Steps" on that coin?

[Westin]

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Westin Lovely coin, can you show me where I can find the "7 Steps" on that coin?

[kurtspringmann]

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. . . . . My one and only 6 Full Step-per

Interesting, my only 6FS is also a 1943-D.
There are very few of them to none in most years, which is why PCGS called any 5 or 6 steps FS when they jumped on the steps train.
CAC went the other way, to get FS the coin must have 6 full steps.
CAC has graded a total of 9 from 1938-1964 (5 of them 1944-D), so that will not be a collectible thing for them.

This "D" War Nickels Mintage and Steps don't matter much price-wise.
- 1943-P FS has a mintage of 271.1 Million MS-65FS $35
- 1943-D FS has a mintage of 15.2 Million MS-65FS $30
- 1943-S FS has a mintage of 104 Milloin MS-65FS $35
Reference: (Red Book (A Guide Book of US Coins - MEGA RED 9th Edition)
. . . . I don't understand the price for the 1943-D with a much lower mintage.

It is all a matter of the silver nickels being easier to mint with great strikes. If you look at the PCGS pop report there are loads of FS for most of them, especially in 65. The 1943-D is the single highest pop MS65 for **all** silver Jeffersons, including non-FS! Mine are all 67FS but are still relatively cheap due to the large pop numbers. https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/jeffers ... 38-date/84 NGC similarly has big pop numbers for the silver FS Jeffersons. And among the mints, Denver did a better job with solid strikes based on their higher FS numbers compared to the others.

Outside of the silver Jeffersons that is far from the case, so despite massive total minting, there are very few FS. They minted over 192 million 1960-D Jeffersons and there are a grand total of zero FS by all TPGs combined.

[Marvic]

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2006 GEM BU+++ MONSTER TONER 7 FULL STEPS KEY DATE:
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Westin Lovely coin, can you show me where I can find the "7 Steps" on that coin?

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Thank you, Westin; I didn't know they designated the water ripples that way...
If you look at Post #15, the 1977 Canadian 5 Cents in this thread, is there anything special about the water lines there?

[Westin]

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Westin Lovely coin, can you show me where I can find the "7 Steps" on that coin?

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Thank you, Westin; I didn't know they designated the water ripples that way...
If you look at Post #15, the 1977 Canadian 5 Cents in this thread, is there anything special about the water lines there?

Okay, I have to make sure that you know I'm joking. I'm pretty sure you're playing along, but I'm worried

[Marvic]

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. . . . . My one and only 6 Full Step-per

Interesting, my only 6FS is also a 1943-D.
There are very few of them to none in most years, which is why PCGS called any 5 or 6 steps FS when they jumped on the steps train.
CAC went the other way, to get FS the coin must have 6 full steps.
CAC has graded a total of 9 from 1938-1964 (5 of them 1944-D), so that will not be a collectible thing for them.

This "D" War Nickels Mintage and Steps don't matter much price-wise.
- 1943-P FS has a mintage of 271.1 Million MS-65FS $35
- 1943-D FS has a mintage of 15.2 Million MS-65FS $30
- 1943-S FS has a mintage of 104 Milloin MS-65FS $35
Reference: (Red Book (A Guide Book of US Coins - MEGA RED 9th Edition)
. . . . I don't understand the price for the 1943-D with a much lower mintage.

It is all a matter of the silver nickels being easier to mint with great strikes. If you look at the PCGS pop report there are loads of FS for most of them, especially in 65. The 1943-D is the single highest pop MS65 for **all** silver Jeffersons, including non-FS! Mine are all 67FS but are still relatively cheap due to the large pop numbers. https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/jeffers ... 38-date/84 NGC similarly has big pop numbers for the silver FS Jeffersons. And among the mints, Denver did a better job with solid strikes based on their higher FS numbers compared to the others.

Outside of the silver Jeffersons that is far from the case, so despite massive total minting, there are very few FS. They minted over 192 million 1960-D Jeffersons and there are a grand total of zero FS by all TPGs combined.

Yes, I see it now. The Dever mint did an excellent squeeze on those nickels (My Pop has 3,743; yours has 543). Thank you, Curt!
Side Note: PCGS also counts 5 Steps into that Pop list; we have 6 Steps...

[Earle42]

For those who don;t know, there was a 1964 EWL variety. EWL = extra water line. But..it was in front of the beaver and not behind it. That was one I had to buy many moons ago. I bought it from Roy Rogers. No kidding!

There was a coin shop at the top of Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls and one of the people working there was named Roy Rogers

[Westin]

For those who don;t know, there was a 1964 EWL variety. EWL = extra water line. But..it was in front of the beaver and not behind it. That was one I had to buy many moons ago. I bought it from Roy Rogers. No kidding!

There was a coin shop at the top of Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls and one of the people working there was named Roy Rogers

I've found well over a hundered 1964s and none are the XWL. No '47• either

[Earle42]

Yeah, I had to buy the dot as well (from Roy!) as well as the '57 bug tail. But back when I was a kid I did not go through tons of Canadian coins either. Maybe had I done so back it the early 70s I would have had a shot at it. Never found a Geo V in circulation. The earliest were always 1937. Around 1995 or so I started to get rolls from Canada every once in awhile and found my first Geo V. But only ever one.

[Westin]

Yeah, I had to buy the dot as well (from Roy!) as well as the '57 bug tail. But back when I was a kid I did not go through tons of Canadian coins either. Maybe had I done so back it the early 70s I would have had a shot at it. Never found a Geo V in circulation. The earliest were always 1937. Around 1995 or so I started to get rolls from Canada every once in awhile and found my first Geo V. But only ever one.

Well then we're tied. But I bet ya I've gone through a lot more nickels to find one. I even put one back out there in circulation hoping to find it in a box some day.

[Earle42]

I know you have for sure. Being North of the border allows a distinct advantage to searching Canadian nickels LOL! My nearest roll searching bank in Canada was around 70 miles away and involved crossing a rather large bridge . Needless to say it was not a weekly trip

[Westin]

I know you have for sure. Being North of the border allows a distinct advantage to searching Canadian nickels LOL! My nearest roll searching bank in Canada was around 70 miles away and involved crossing a rather large bridge . Needless to say it was not a weekly trip

I'm simply not as lucky as you. Mine was even environmentally damaged. How does 100% nickel get environmentally damaged? I've looked through bins with 100s of Goerge V nickels and none of them are corroded, and I get the junkiest junker to have ever existed as my only roll find.