1954 DDO-001 FS-101
PR 66
While the toning reaches the rim everywhere else, a faint ring along the edge around 3 and 4 o’clock is blast white, as if it were in physical contact with something from which it was removed. Suffice to say the pattern of toning suggests to me it might have sat in an album at one point in time. This is hilarious that perhaps THE MOST naked-eye-visible variety of the series was put into someone’s album in a way so as to perfectly obscure just the massive protrusion under the 4 in the date! What a surprise for whoever pulled it out of there!
Mintage: 233,300
Certification: PCGS 49571340
1954 DDO-002
PR 65
A variety not yet attributed by grading services.
EDS
Mintage: 233,300
Certification: NGC 8344466011
A tall textured die chip on Roosevelt’s upper lip becomes a moustache and transforms the face of the President’s bust into one bearing a most unfortunate resemblance to an Austrian painter. I love the chaotic flow of the electric blue album toning.
1954 Full Bands: 833
7/2025
Mintage: 114,010,203
Certification: NGC 6076936047
1954
MS 66 FB
1954-D
MS 66 FB
Mintage: 106,397,000
Certification: NGC 1759785002
1954-D RPM-001
MS 64 FB
A variety not yet attributed by grading services.
Full Bands: 1,305
7/2025
Mintage: 106,397,000
Certification: ANACS 70054391
1954-S
MS 66 FB
Mintage: 22,860,000
Certification: PCGS 13563554
The late die state of the obverse being requisite for this variety, its pairing with a fresher, sharper reverse die allows this example to achieve the Full Torch designation from NGC. What a fun example of this iconic variety for the series, displaying absolutely no trace of the designer’s initials and handsome obverse toning in shades of olive green and golden brown.
Attributed in holders: 52≤
And With Full Bands: 31≤
8/2025
Mintage: 22,860,000
Certification: NGC 3830126003
1954-S No “JS” FS-401
MS 66 FB
1954-S RPM-001 FS-501
MS 67
No coins graded in full bands with this variety. Awesome high grade for an FS variety in mint state, higher than I’d usually go for but I just couldn’t resist and I’m happy to have it for my collection!
Certification: NGC 1799636054