Owner Comments:
The 1939 Philidelphia nickel is such a Rare piece finding one with a full step designation. These Early year Jeffs,
were very tough to find. This year had (2) Reverses in which roughly around 10% had this (Type1) or' the reverse of 1938. After running production for a few weeks, the US Mint decided they needed an Upgrade immediately, they didn't like the dainty' thin Lettering, plus the steps were'nt that clearly defined either. When the Reverse of 1940 came out,
it was quite an improvement, and satisfied the officials at the mint.
This New Reverse was alot sharper in detail' and also in the step area as well. Getting back to the Reverse of 38', it was a (1 out to 1000) in finding one of these that had clean full steps! Popular demand/Short Supply will just keep driving up the value on these early minted Rev of 38's! The marks you see on these photo(s) are on the slab.
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