Full Steps: a Jefferson Nickel with complete details on the steps leading up to Monticello, indicating a rare full strike.
full strike: a coin that has complete details thanks to a crisp, bold stamp from the dies.
Full Steps
Term applied to a Jefferson five-cent example when at least 5 steps of Monticello are present.
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Full Steps - Term applied to a Jefferson five-cent piece when 5½ or 6 steps of Monticello are present.
Full strike - A numismatic item that has full detail. The metal flows into all areas of the die.
FS: "Full Steps" is used to describe a Jefferson nickel where 5.5 or 6 steps are fully defined on the picture of Monticello ...
FS / Full Steps
Refers to the steps of Monticello on the reverse of the Jefferson nickel (1938-Present). Six steps should be visible if the coin is fully struck.
Full Steps - All 5 steps showing on a Jefferson Nickel.
FSB
Full Split Bands - Mercury dime ...
FS (Full Steps)
A term used for a Jefferson nickel where 5 ½ or 6 steps leading up to Monticello on the coin's reverse are fully defined. Full Steps are rarer than "blended" steps are an important modifier in grading Jefferson nickels.
6FS = Six Full Steps
Coins that have been damaged or display excessive surface hairlines or other detrimental surface conditions must have their surface impairments properly described.
AF About Fine AFBL Almost Full Bell Lines AFS Almost Full Steps AFH Almost Full Head AG About Good ANACS American Numismatic Association Certification Service ARR Arrows, ...
FS Short for Full Steps. Fugio cents These 1787-dated one-cent coins are considered by some to be the first regular issue United States coin. Authorized by the Continental Congress, this would seem to be a logical conclusion.
FS - 'Full Steps' - Jefferson nickel lovers know that the reverse side of the nickel for many years features a Jefferson Memorial building design. This design shows the steps leading up to the memorial building.
Jefferson nickels which display "full steps" on the reverse, are of particular
interest to collectors, and sell for premiums. For those collectors who
wish to expand their collections to include some of the more difficult, and more ...
As collectors became more sophisticated (and observant) additional distinctions were added, until today we have a fairly complex 70-point system that includes additional designators related to the quality of the original strike, such as "Full Steps" ...
(Does the reader sense a bit of chicanery in all this: full steps, full head, full bell lines, full bands, etc.?) The full steps mania had run its course by the mid-eighties, to replaced by other, equally clever ruses.
Premiums are paid for coins with five or six full steps. These are fairly rare, even on current issues. Proofs and special mint set coins (1965-1967), as well as matte proofs, exist, and have value above circulating coinage.
late 1980s, when lowering of this coin's relief resulted in consistently sharp strikes, most Jefferson Nickels were seldom found with all details distinct. Specifically, the steps of Monticello are typically incomplete, and coins having "full steps" ...
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